Chapter 21 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 21.21

धर्मज्ञ इति धर्मिष्ठ धर्मं चरितुमिच्छसि। शुश्रूष मामिहस्थस्त्वं चर धर्ममनुत्तमम्॥

dharmajña iti dharmiṣṭha dharmaṃ caritumicchasi| śuśrūṣa māmihasthastvaṃ cara dharmamanuttamam||

English Meaning

Oh you pious one, having knowledge of religion, if do you wish to acquire righteousness, serve me here and continue practising the best of all virtues.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)