Chapter 39 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 39

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 39.10

एवं मन्ये गुणवतां गुणानां फलमुच्यते। पित्रा मात्रा च यत्साधुर्वीरो निर्वास्यते वनम्॥

evaṃ manye guṇavatāṃ guṇānāṃ phalamucyate| pitrā mātrā ca yatsādhurvīro nirvāsyate vanam||

English Meaning

The virtuous and heroic Rāma is being banished by his father and, mother Even this methinks will be asserted as the fruit of the virtues possessed by the pious.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)