Chapter 8 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 8.31

तस्मान्न लक्ष्मणे रामः पापं किंचित्करिष्यति। रामस्तु भरते पापं कुर्यादेव न संशयः॥

tasmānna lakṣmaṇe rāmaḥ pāpaṃ kiṃcitkariṣyati| rāmastu bharate pāpaṃ kuryādeva na saṃśayaḥ||

English Meaning

Therefore Rāma will never do any wrong to Lakşmaņa; but he will do wrong to Bharata, there is no doubt about this.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)