Chapter 24 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 24.9

भ्राता कथं नाम महागुणस्य भ्रातुर्वधं राम विरोचयेत। राज्यस्य दुःखस्य च वीर सारं विचिन्तयन्कामपुरस्कृतोऽपि॥

bhrātā kathaṃ nāma mahāguṇasya bhrāturvadhaṃ rāma virocayeta| rājyasya duḥkhasya ca vīra sāraṃ vicintayankāmapuraskṛto'pi||

English Meaning

How can a brother, O Rāma, however avaricious he might be, relish the destruction of his qualified brother, comparing the happiness of a kingdom, with the grief (consequent upon his brother's demise)?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)