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)