Verse 23·VR 4.17.23

सताम् वेष धरम् पापम् प्रच्छन्नम् इव पावकम् | न अहम् त्वाम् अभिजानामि धर्म छद्माभि संवृतम् || १-१७-२३

saama daanam kShamaa dharmaH satyam dhR^iti paraakramau |paarthivaanaam guNaa raajan daNDaH ca api apakaariShu || 1-17-29

Translation

"I have no knowledge that you are a sinner, one in the garb of a benign soul, and explicitly mantled under the garb of probity like ash covered fire. [4-17-23]

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Vali's Questioning Rama's Propriety

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