Chapter 35 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 35

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 35.12

आभिजात्यं हि ते मन्ये यथा मातुस्तथैव च। न हि निम्बात् स्रवेत् क्षौद्रं लोके निगदितं वचः॥

ābhijātyaṃ hi te manye yathā mātustathaiva ca| na hi nimbāt sravet kṣaudraṃ loke nigaditaṃ vacaḥ||

English Meaning

Your birth is noble indeed; it is as much so as is your mother's. They say that sweet is never extracted from Nimba.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)