Chapter 36 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 36.26

नहि कंचन पश्यामो राघवस्यागुणं वयम्। दुर्लभो ह्यस्य निरयः शशाङ्कस्येव कल्मषम्॥ अथवा देवि त्वं कंचिद् दोषं पश्यसि राघवे। तमद्य ब्रूहि तत्त्वेन तदा रामो विवास्यते॥

nahi kaṃcana paśyāmo rāghavasyāguṇaṃ vayam| durlabho hyasya nirayaḥ śaśāṅkasyeva kalmaṣam|| athavā devi tvaṃ kaṃcid doṣaṃ paśyasi rāghave| tamadya brūhi tattvena tadā rāmo vivāsyate||

English Meaning

We do not find any fault whatever in Rāghava. Rare is his fault even like the spot on the Moon. Or it may be, O exalted lady, that you perceive some fault in Rāghava. Do you, if so, unfold it; and then let Rāma be banished,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)