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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.

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