Chapter 21 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 21.34

नाहं धर्ममपूर्वं ते प्रतिकूलं प्रवर्तये। पूर्वैरयमभिप्रेतो गतो मार्गोऽनुगम्यते॥

nāhaṃ dharmamapūrvaṃ te pratikūlaṃ pravartaye| pūrvairayamabhipreto gato mārgo'nugamyate||

English Meaning

I am not introducing some such righteousness, unfavourable to you, that has been never practised before.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)