Chapter 17 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 17.9

यश्च राम न पश्येत्तु यं च रामो न पश्यति। निन्दितः सर्वलोकेषु स्वात्माप्येनं विगर्हते॥

yaśca rāma na paśyettu yaṃ ca rāmo na paśyati| ninditaḥ sarvalokeṣu svātmāpyenaṃ vigarhate||

English Meaning

In fact he who did not see Ráma, and whom Rāma did not see, was looked down by all, and he considered himself contemptible.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)