Chapter 88 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 88

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 88.17

न च प्रार्थयते कश्चिन्मनसापि वसुंधराम्। वने निवसतस्तस्य बाहुवीर्याभिरक्षिताम्॥

na ca prārthayate kaścinmanasāpi vasuṃdharām| vane nivasatastasya bāhuvīryābhirakṣitām||

English Meaning

On Rãma having set up his dwelling in the forest, one (like me) does not even mentally covet this earth which had been protected by the immense prowess (of Rāghava).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)