Chapter 61 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 61

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 61.17

तथा ह्यात्तमिदं राज्यं हृतसारां सुरामिव। नाभिमन्तुमलं रामो नष्टसोममिवाध्वरम्॥

tathā hyāttamidaṃ rājyaṃ hṛtasārāṃ surāmiva| nābhimantumalaṃ rāmo naṣṭasomamivādhvaram||

English Meaning

Even so this kingdom which has been already enjoyed, like to liquor deprived of its essence or a sacrifice whose soma has been eaten, cannot be accepted by Rāma.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)