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)