Chapter 23 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 23.5

येनैवमागता द्वैधं तव बुद्धिर्महामते। सोऽपि धर्मो मम द्वेष्यो यत्प्रसङ्गाद् विमुह्यसि॥

yenaivamāgatā dvaidhaṃ tava buddhirmahāmate| so'pi dharmo mama dveṣyo yatprasaṅgād vimuhyasi||

English Meaning

Even that so called virtue do I loathe, which has, O high-souled one, fascinated you, and made your mind run from one extreme to another. *Formerly the mind was for accepting the kingdom, and now for going to the forest as an exile. These are the two extremes here meant.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)