
Ramayana · Sundara Kanda, Sarga 21, Verse 3
Ramayana 5.21.3
निवर्तय मनो मत्तः स्वजने क्रियतां मनः।।।।न मां प्रार्थयितुं युक्तं सुसिद्धिमिव पापकृत्।
nivartaya mano mattaḥ sva-jane kriyatāṃ manaḥ | na māṃ prārthayituṃ yuktaṃ su-siddhim iva pāpa-kṛt ||
Turn your mind away from me; set your desire upon your own women. It is not fitting for you to seek me—just as an evildoer cannot rightly hope for blessed attainment.