Chapter 53 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 53.25

अधर्मभयभीतश्च परलोकस्य चानघ। तेन लक्ष्मण नाद्याहमात्मानमभिषेचये॥

adharmabhayabhītaśca paralokasya cānagha| tena lakṣmaṇa nādyāhamātmānamabhiṣecaye||

English Meaning

O sinless one, I am afraid of unrighteousness and of the next life; and for this it is that, O Lakşmaņa, I do not install myself in the kingdom.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)