Chapter 37 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 37.26

यद्यपि त्वं क्षितितलाद् गगनं चोत्पतिष्यसि। पितृवंशचरित्रज्ञः सोऽन्यथा न करिष्यति॥

yadyapi tvaṃ kṣititalād gaganaṃ cotpatiṣyasi| pitṛvaṃśacaritrajñaḥ so'nyathā na kariṣyati||

English Meaning

Even if you leaving the earth fly to the air, that one cognizant of the character of his ancestry, will never act otherwise.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)