Chapter 33 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 33

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 33.20

दद्यान्न प्रतिगृह्णीयात् सत्यं ब्रूयान्न चानृतम्। अपि जीवितहेतोहि रामः सत्यपराक्रमः॥

dadyānna pratigṛhṇīyāt satyaṃ brūyānna cānṛtam| api jīvitahetohi rāmaḥ satyaparākramaḥ||

English Meaning

Rāma, having truth for his prowess, never, for his life, takes back what her gives, never speaks an untruth and always speaks truth.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)