Chapter 40 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 40.7

इदं हि वृत्तमुचितं कुलस्यास्य सनातनम्। दानं दीक्षा च यज्ञेषु तनुत्यागो मृधेषु हि॥

idaṃ hi vṛttamucitaṃ kulasyāsya sanātanam| dānaṃ dīkṣā ca yajñeṣu tanutyāgo mṛdheṣu hi||

English Meaning

These are the legitimate duties ever observed by this race, charity, initiation into sacrifice, and renunciation of the body in the field of battle,

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)