Chapter 51 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 51.15

तद् भवान् दृष्टधर्मार्थस्तपः कृतपरिग्रहः। परदारान् महाप्राज्ञ नोपरोद्धं त्वमर्हसि ॥

tad bhavān dṛṣṭadharmārthastapaḥ kṛtaparigrahaḥ| paradārān mahāprājña noparoddhaṃ tvamarhasi ||

English Meaning

You are cognisant of righteousness and interest, and had attained prosperity through your asceticism. Therefore, O eminently wise one, you ought not to confine another's wife.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)