Chapter 97 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 97

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 97.4

यद् द्रव्यं बान्धवानां वा मित्राणां वा क्षये भवेत्। नाहं तत् प्रतिगृह्णीयां भक्ष्यान् विषकृतानिव॥

yad dravyaṃ bāndhavānāṃ vā mitrāṇāṃ vā kṣaye bhavet| nāhaṃ tat pratigṛhṇīyāṃ bhakṣyān viṣakṛtāniva||

English Meaning

That thing which falls to my lot on the destruction of friends and adherents I never accept, even like food mixed with poison.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)