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)