Chapter 97 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 97

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 97.7

नेयं मम मही सौम्य दुर्लभा सागराम्बरा। नहीच्छेयमधर्मेण शक्रत्वमपि लक्ष्मण॥

neyaṃ mama mahī saumya durlabhā sāgarāmbarā| nahīccheyamadharmeṇa śakratvamapi lakṣmaṇa||

English Meaning

O mild one, this Earth herself is not difficult of being attained by me; but, O Laksmana, I do not through unrighteousness wish to possess myself of Sakra's state.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)