Chapter 23 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 23.7

यदयं किल्बिषाद् भेदः कृतोऽप्येवं न गृह्यते। जायते तत्र मे दुःखं धर्मसङ्गश्च गर्हितः॥

yadayaṃ kilbiṣād bhedaḥ kṛto'pyevaṃ na gṛhyate| jāyate tatra me duḥkhaṃ dharmasaṅgaśca garhitaḥ||

English Meaning

Here lies my sorrow that you did not admit that this disturbance of the installation has arisen out of the pretext of boon-giving; your idea of virtue is indeed an object of censure.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)