Chapter 60 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 60

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 60.19

न शोच्यस्ते न चात्मा ते शोच्यो नापि जनाधिपः। इदं हि चरितं लोके प्रतिष्ठास्यति शाश्वतम्॥

na śocyaste na cātmā te śocyo nāpi janādhipaḥ| idaṃ hi caritaṃ loke pratiṣṭhāsyati śāśvatam||

English Meaning

Therefore they are not to be bewailed, nor your own self, nor the lord of men. This history of Rāma will endure for ever in this world.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)