Chapter 21 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 21.3

नास्यापराधं पश्यामि नापि दोषं तथाविधम्। येन निर्वास्यते राष्ट्राद् वनवासाय राघवः॥

nāsyāparādhaṃ paśyāmi nāpi doṣaṃ tathāvidham| yena nirvāsyate rāṣṭrād vanavāsāya rāghavaḥ||

English Meaning

I do not see any such fault or sin in Rāma that he should be banished from the kingdom to range in the wood.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)