Chapter 61 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 61

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 61.19

नैतस्य सहिता लोका भयं कुर्युर्महामृधे। अधर्मं त्विह धर्मात्मा लोकं धर्मेण योजयेत्॥

naitasya sahitā lokā bhayaṃ kuryurmahāmṛdhe| adharmaṃ tviha dharmātmā lokaṃ dharmeṇa yojayet||

English Meaning

This world aided by the gods fear to encounter him in high conflict; but he restrains himself, thinking any such action on his part as unrighteous. Indeed, that righteous one brings back people to morality.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)