Chapter 64 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 64.55

दुर्वृत्तमपि कः पुत्रं त्यजेद् भुवि विचक्षणः॥ कश्च प्रव्राज्यमानो वा नासूयेत् पितरं सुतः।

durvṛttamapi kaḥ putraṃ tyajed bhuvi vicakṣaṇaḥ|| kaśca pravrājyamāno vā nāsūyet pitaraṃ sutaḥ|

English Meaning

What sensible man for sake his son, albeit he may be wicked? And what son being banished, does not bear ill will towards his father?

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)