अभिजात्यं हि ते मन्ये यथा मातुस्तथैव च। न हि निम्बात्स्रवेत् क्षैद्रं लोके निगदितं वचः।।2.35.17।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset
English Translation
ते your, आभिजात्यम् nobility of birth, मातुः your mother's, यथा as that of, तथैव च like that, मन्ये thinking, निम्बात् from nimba tree, क्षौद्रम् honey, न स्रवेत् हि does not flow, लोके in this world, वचः saying, निगदितम् is said.
English Commentary
Your nature corresponds to your mother's, so I think. 'Honey will not flow from a nimba tree' is a wellknown saying in this world.