Chapter 83 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 83

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 83.14

भूतानां स्थावराणां च जङ्गमानां च दर्शनम्। यथास्ति न तथा धर्मस्तेन नास्तीति मे मतिः॥

bhūtānāṃ sthāvarāṇāṃ ca jaṅgamānāṃ ca darśanam| yathāsti na tathā dharmastena nāstīti me matiḥ||

English Meaning

Beings and the mobile as well as the immobile cannot have that direct perception of virtue which they have of happiness. Therefore, I ween, virtue is a non-entity.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)