Chapter 11 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 11.31

मनो हि हेतुः सर्वेषामिन्द्रियाणां प्रवर्तने। शुभाशुभास्ववस्थासु तच्च मे सुव्यवस्थिम्।॥

mano hi hetuḥ sarveṣāmindriyāṇāṃ pravartane| śubhāśubhāsvavasthāsu tacca me suvyavasthim|||

English Meaning

In respect of the enlistment of the senses on behalf of any course of action good or evil, it is verily mind which is the cause; and herein my mind is righteously disposed.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)