Chapter 63 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 63.5

उत्तरं नहि वक्तव्यं ज्येष्ठेनाभिहिते पुनः। अधर्मसहितं चैव परलोकविवर्जितम्॥

uttaraṃ nahi vaktavyaṃ jyeṣṭhenābhihite punaḥ| adharmasahitaṃ caiva paralokavivarjitam||

English Meaning

But, albeit this course is unrighteous and entails perdition, yet desired by an eldest brother, I certainly ought not to make any answer.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)