Chapter 32 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 32

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 32.19

न स क्षमः कोपयितुं यः प्रसाद्यः पुनर्भवेत्। पूर्वोपकारं स्मरता कृतज्ञेन विशेषतः॥

na sa kṣamaḥ kopayituṃ yaḥ prasādyaḥ punarbhavet| pūrvopakāraṃ smaratā kṛtajñena viśeṣataḥ||

English Meaning

Remembering his former service, it does not behove you, grateful as you are, to excite his wrath, who should be pleased again.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)