Chapter 39 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 39

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 39.27

न मामसज्जनेनार्या समानयितुमर्हति। धर्माद् विचलितुं नाहमलं चन्द्रादिव प्रभा॥

na māmasajjanenāryā samānayitumarhati| dharmād vicalituṃ nāhamalaṃ candrādiva prabhā||

English Meaning

The worshipful one ought not to place me on the same footing with unrighteous persons. As brightness does not depart from the moon, so I cannot swerve from virtue.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)