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)