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)