Chapter 52 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 52.15

न मन्ये ब्रह्मचर्ये वा स्वधीते वा फलोदयः। मार्दवार्जवयोर्वापि त्वां चेद् व्यसनमागतम्॥

na manye brahmacarye vā svadhīte vā phalodayaḥ| mārdavārjavayorvāpi tvāṃ ced vyasanamāgatam||

English Meaning

I deem the Brahmacarya mode of life, or study, or meekness or sincerity as attended with no fruit, since you have come by calamity.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)