Chapter 16 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 16.5

न च कार्यो विषादस्ते राघवं प्रति मत्कृते। धर्मज्ञश्च कृतज्ञश्च कथं पापं करिष्यति ॥

na ca kāryo viṣādaste rāghavaṃ prati matkṛte| dharmajñaśca kṛtajñaśca kathaṃ pāpaṃ kariṣyati ||

English Meaning

Fearing danger from Rāghava, you needst not entertain any anxiety on my account. Why shall that virtuous-souled and grateful Rāma perpetrate iniquity?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)