Chapter 33 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 33

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 33.11

निर्गुणस्यापि पुत्रस्य कथं स्याद् विनिवासनम्। किं पुनर्यस्य लोकोऽयं जितो वृत्तेन केवलम्॥

nirguṇasyāpi putrasya kathaṃ syād vinivāsanam| kiṃ punaryasya loko'yaṃ jito vṛttena kevalam||

English Meaning

Who ever exiles his son, albeit he be worthless? And what is to be said concerning a son that has fast secured all men's hearts by his behaviour?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)