Chapter 96 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 96

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 96.12

तस्मादियं नरवात्मज शुद्धभावा दिव्येन दृष्टिविषयेण मया प्रदिष्टा। लोकापवादकलुषीकृतचेतसा या त्यक्ता त्वया प्रियतमा विदितापि शुद्धा॥

tasmādiyaṃ naravātmaja śuddhabhāvā divyena dṛṣṭiviṣayeṇa mayā pradiṣṭā| lokāpavādakaluṣīkṛtacetasā yā tyaktā tvayā priyatamā viditāpi śuddhā||

English Meaning

You have been afraid of the public calumny. O son of a king, your mind being possessed by the fear of public scandal regarding her husband as a god; I came to know this by virtue of my discriminative knowledge.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)