Chapter 15 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 15

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 15.2

मनर्थकं वै बहुभीतवच्च। अस्मिन्कुले योऽपि भवेन जातः सोऽपीदृशं नैव वदेन कुर्यात्॥

manarthakaṃ vai bahubhītavacca| asminkule yo'pi bhavena jātaḥ so'pīdṛśaṃ naiva vadena kuryāt||

English Meaning

Why are you, O uncle, speaking these useless words like one terrified? He even, who is not born in this race, cannot speak or act in this wise.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)