Chapter 33 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 33

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 33.7

ऐश्वर्यस्य रसज्ञः सन् कामानां चाकरो महान्। नेच्छत्येवानृतं कर्तुं वचनं धर्मगौरवात्॥

aiśvaryasya rasajñaḥ san kāmānāṃ cākaro mahān| necchatyevānṛtaṃ kartuṃ vacanaṃ dharmagauravāt||

English Meaning

Knowing every kind of enjoyment, that magnanimous one who has tasted of every luxury, for maintaining the dignity of morality, does not wish to falsify (his father's) word.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)