
Ramayana · Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 39, Verse 25
Ramayana 2.39.25
स त्वया नावमन्तव्यः पुत्रः प्रव्राजितो मम।तव दैवतमस्त्वेष निर्धनः सधनोऽपि वा।।2.39.25।।
sa tvayā nāvamantavyaḥ putraḥ pravrājito mama | tava daivatam astv eṣa nirdhanaḥ sadhano ’pi vā || 2.39.25 ||
Therefore you must not treat with contempt my son, though sent into exile; let him be to you as a very deity, whether he be poor or possessed of wealth.