Chapter 9 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 9.23

मणिमुक्तासुवर्णानि रत्नानि विविधानि च। दद्याद् दशरथो राजा मा स्म तेषु मनः कृथाः॥

maṇimuktāsuvarṇāni ratnāni vividhāni ca| dadyād daśaratho rājā mā sma teṣu manaḥ kṛthāḥ||

English Meaning

King Dasaratha will offer you rubies and pearls and gold and gems of various kinds; but do not you bend your heart to them.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)