Chapter 21 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 21.5

देवकल्पमृगँ दान्तं रिपूणामपि वत्सलम्। अवेक्षमाणः को धर्मं त्यजेत् पुत्रमकारणात्॥

devakalpamṛga~ dāntaṃ ripūṇāmapi vatsalam| avekṣamāṇaḥ ko dharmaṃ tyajet putramakāraṇāt||

English Meaning

Observing what law of righteousness does the monarch, without any cause, renounce such a son who is like to celestials, simple, well disciplined and beloved even of the enemies?

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)