Chapter 106 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 106

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 106.12

विसर्जये त्वां सौमित्रे मा भूद्धर्मविपर्ययः। त्यागो वधो वा विहितः साधूनां ह्युभयं समम्॥

visarjaye tvāṃ saumitre mā bhūddharmaviparyayaḥ| tyāgo vadho vā vihitaḥ sādhūnāṃ hyubhayaṃ samam||

English Meaning

O Lakşmaņa, it is not proper to act against morality, I do therefore renounce you; for the pious hold that destruction and renunciation are all the same.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)