Valmiki Ramayana Verse 186.38

Verse 186.38

Sarga 109

न नास्तिकानां वचनं ब्रवीम्यहं न नास्तिकोऽहं न च नास्ति किञ्चन। समीक्ष्य कालं पुनरास्तिकोऽभवं भवेय काले पुनरेव नास्तिकः।।2.109.38।।

na nāstikānāṃ vacanaṃ bravīmyahaṃ na nāstiko'haṃ na ca nāsti kiñcana. samīkṣya kālaṃ punarāstiko'bhavaṃ bhaveya kāle punareva nāstikaḥ..2.109.38..

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English Translation

"I do not speak the language of atheists. I am not an atheist. I do not say that the next world does not exist. In keeping with time (occasion) I shall speak the language of a believer or a nonbeliever."

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Word Meanings

अहम् I, नास्तिकानाम् atheists', वचनम् the language, न ब्रवीमि I do not speak, अहम् I, नास्तिकः an atheist, न not, किञ्चन in the least, न च नास्ति it is not that it (the other world) does not exist, कालम् time, समीक्ष्य seeing (in keeping with), पुनः again, आस्तिकः अभवम् I become believer, काले on other occasion, पुनरेव again, नास्तिकः भवेय I shall become a nonbeliever.

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Valmiki Ramayana

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Sarga 109

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186.38