Chapter 36 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 36.27

अदुष्टस्य हि संत्यागः सत्पथे निरतस्य च निर्दहेदपि शक्रस्य द्युतिं धर्मविरोधवान्॥

aduṣṭasya hi saṃtyāgaḥ satpathe niratasya ca nirdahedapi śakrasya dyutiṃ dharmavirodhavān||

English Meaning

But the renunciation of the honest ever constant in a righteous course, in consequence of its being opposed to virtue, destroys the splendour of Sakra himself.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)