Chapter 82 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 82

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 82.10

चरितब्रह्मचर्यस्य विद्यास्नातस्य धीमतः। धर्मे प्रयतमानस्य को राज्यं मद्विधो हरेत्॥

caritabrahmacaryasya vidyāsnātasya dhīmataḥ| dharme prayatamānasya ko rājyaṃ madvidho haret||

English Meaning

Who like myself ever deprives one that has led a Brahmacharya mode of life, that is endowed with understanding and performed his bath after having acquired learning, and that is always intent on righteousness, of one's kingdom?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)