Chapter 82 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 82

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 82.6

रामस्तथा सत्यवृत्तिः सतां धर्ममनुस्मरन्। ना जहात् पितुरादेशं शशी ज्योत्स्नामिवोदितः॥

rāmastathā satyavṛttiḥ satāṃ dharmamanusmaran| nā jahāt piturādeśaṃ śaśī jyotsnāmivoditaḥ||

English Meaning

And Rāma of truthful character observing the virtue of the righteous has not set aside his father's commands. even as the risen moon does not renounce the moonlight.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)