Chapter 36 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 36.11

द्विधा भज्येयमप्येवं न नमेयं तु कस्यचित्। एव मे सहजो दोषः स्वभावो दुरतिक्रमः॥

dvidhā bhajyeyamapyevaṃ na nameyaṃ tu kasyacit| eva me sahajo doṣaḥ svabhāvo duratikramaḥ||

English Meaning

Better that I should be riven in twain, but bend I never will. This is my native fault; and nature is incapable of being overcome.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)