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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.18.4

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 18: Resistance or obedience. Lakṣmaṇa offers force and Kausalyā asks Rāma to stay, Rāma cites ancestral precedents and upholds his father’s word

In the sequence: Lakṣmaṇa tells Kausalyā that Rāma has done nothing wrong and that an aging King led by his wife's wishes should not be obeyed in this matter

2.18.4

nāsyāparādhaṃ paśyāmi nāpi doṣaṃ tathā vidham
yena nirvāsyate rāṣṭrād vanavāsāya rāghavaḥ

I see no offence of his, nor any fault of such a kind, for which Rāghava should be banished from the realm to dwell in the forest.

Words: nāsyāparādhaṃ — not his offence; paśyāmi — I see; nāpi — nor even; doṣaṃ — fault, flaw; tathā — such; vidham — of a kind; yena — by which, for which; nirvāsyate — he is banished; rāṣṭrād — from the realm; vanavāsāya — for dwelling in the forest; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.