Chapter 85 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 85

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 85.9

मा भूत् स कालो यत् कष्टं न मां शङ्कितुमर्हसि। राघवः स हि मे भ्राता ज्येष्ठः पितृसमो मतः॥

mā bhūt sa kālo yat kaṣṭaṃ na māṃ śaṅkitumarhasi| rāghavaḥ sa hi me bhrātā jyeṣṭhaḥ pitṛsamo mataḥ||

English Meaning

May a time never come when I shall do wrong to Rāghava! It behoves you not to fear me. Rāghava is my eldest brother dear to me even as my sire himself.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)