
Ramayana · Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 61, Verse 18
Ramayana 2.61.18
तथा ह्यात्तमिदं राज्यं हृतसारां सुरामिव।नाभिमन्तुमलं रामो नष्टसोममिवाध्वरम्।।2.61.18।।
tathā hy āttam idaṃ rājyaṃ hṛtasārāṃ surām iva | nābhimantum alaṃ rāmo naṣṭasomam ivādhvaram || 2.61.18 ||
So too, this kingdom—already enjoyed by others—would be like liquor whose essence has been drained; Rāma is not fit to accept it, like a sacrifice in which the Soma has been lost.