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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.35.9
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 35: Mārīca’s warning. He corrects Rāvaṇa’s account of Rāma’s exile, praises Rāma’s character and urges consultation before a plan that could destroy Laṅkā
In the sequence: he corrects Rāvaṇa's account: Rāma was not expelled for misconduct, but voluntarily honored the promise that Kaikeyī had extracted from Daśaratha
3.35.9
na ca dharmaguṇair hīnaiḥ kausalyānandavardhanaḥ
na ca tīkṣṇo hi bhūtānāṃ sarveṣāṃ ca hite rataḥ
Nor is the joy-increaser of Kausalyā deficient in the qualities of dharma; he is not cruel, and he delights in the welfare of all creatures.
Words: na ca — and not; dharmaguṇair — in the qualities of dharma; hīnaiḥ — deficient (in); kausalyānandavardhanaḥ — the increaser of Kausalyā's joy; na ca tīkṣṇo — nor cruel; hi — indeed; bhūtānāṃ sarveṣāṃ — of all creatures; ca — and; hite — in the welfare; rataḥ — delighting
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.