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)