Chapter 75 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 75

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 75.16

कृतशास्त्रानुगा बुद्धिर्मा भूत् तस्य कदाचन। सत्यसंधः सतां श्रेष्ठो यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥

kṛtaśāstrānugā buddhirmā bhūt tasya kadācana| satyasaṃdhaḥ satāṃ śreṣṭho yasyāryo'numate gataḥ||

English Meaning

May the sense of him never follow scripture, that had approved the exile into the woods of that foremost of the good, the noble Rāma intent senses. on truth!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)