Verse 46·VR 4.18.46

प्रतिवक्तुम् प्रकृष्टे हि न अपकृष्टः तु शक्नुयात् | यत् अयुक्तम् मया पूर्वम् प्रमादात् वाक्यम् अप्रियम् || ४-१८-४६ तत्र अपि खलु माम् दोषम् कर्तुम् न अर्हसि राघव |

maam api avagatam dharmaat vyatikraanta puraskR^itam |dharma saMhitayaa vaacaa dharmaj~na paripaalaya || 4-18-48

Translation

"Indeed an ignoble cannot disprove a nobleman, Raghava, and with regards to the undesirable and improper words I have unwittingly spoken earlier, in that mater too it will be truly unapt of you to make me blameworthy, as I spoke them in anguish and ignorance. [4-18-46, 47a]

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Rama's Elucidation of Dharma to Vali

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