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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.30.11
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 30: The walk to Daśaratha’s palace. Seeing Rāma, Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa without royal honours, citizens propose leaving Ayodhyā to follow them
In the sequence: they condemn the banishment of a prince whose conduct has earned everyone's affection
2.30.11
nirguṇasyāpi putrasyā kāthaṃ syād vipravāsanam
kiṃ punar yasya loko 'yaṃ jito vṛttena kevalam
Even for a son devoid of merit, how could there be banishment? — how much less for one by whom this whole world has been won by conduct alone.
Words: nirguṇasyāpi — even of a virtueless one; putrasyā — of a son; kāthaṃ — how; syād — could there be; vipravāsanam — banishment, exile; kiṃ punar — how much more/less, let alone; yasya — of whom; loko 'yaṃ — this world; jito — won, conquered; vṛttena — by conduct; kevalam — alone, merely
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.