Chapter 18 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 18.26

शक्यं त्वयापि तत्कार्यं धर्ममेवानुवर्तता। श्रूयते मनुना गीतौ श्लोकौ चारित्रवत्सलौ। गृहीतौ धर्मकुशलैस्तथा तच्चरितं मया॥

śakyaṃ tvayāpi tatkāryaṃ dharmamevānuvartatā| śrūyate manunā gītau ślokau cāritravatsalau| gṛhītau dharmakuśalaistathā taccaritaṃ mayā||

English Meaning

Hear, Manu has composed a couple of couplets tending to the purification of character and highly prized by the virtuous as well as myself.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)