Chapter 73 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 73.23

तेषां धर्मैकरक्षाणां कुलचारित्रशोभिनाम्। अद्य चारित्रशौटीर्यं त्वां प्राप्य विनिवर्तितम्॥

teṣāṃ dharmaikarakṣāṇāṃ kulacāritraśobhinām| adya cāritraśauṭīryaṃ tvāṃ prāpya vinivartitam||

English Meaning

But to-day the pride of character of those whose virtue was their sole concern,* and who shone in the character of their line, has been humbled through they instrumentality. *Another interpretation is;, Whose virtue is their sole protector.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)