Chapter 87 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 87

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 87.13

तत् सर्वं प्रत्यनुज्ञासीद् रामः सत्यपराक्रमः। न हि तत् प्रत्यगह्नात् स क्षत्रधर्ममनुस्मरन्॥

tat sarvaṃ pratyanujñāsīd rāmaḥ satyaparākramaḥ| na hi tat pratyagahnāt sa kṣatradharmamanusmaran||

English Meaning

All these Rāma having truth for his prowess accepted, but observing Ksatriya morality, he did not take them.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)