Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 97: Rāma Instructs Lakṣmaṇa
Text 2.97.4
यद्द्रव्यं बान्धवानां वा मित्राणां वा क्षये भवेत्।
नाहं तत्प्रतिगृह्णीयां भक्षान्विषकृतानिव॥
yad-dravyaṁ bāndhavānāṁ vā mitrāṇāṁ vā kṣaye bhavet
nāhaṁ tat pratigṛhṇīyāṁ bhakṣān viṣa-kṛtān iva
yat-dravyam = wealth obtained; bāndhavānām = My relatives; vā = or; mitrāṇām vā = friends; kṣaye bhavet = by slaying; na aham = I will not; tat pratigṛhṇīyām = accept; bhakṣān viṣa-kṛtān iva = [such wealth] is like poisoned cakes and other [delicious] foods.
I will not accept wealth obtained by slaying My relatives or friends. [Such wealth] is like poisoned cakes and other [delicious] foods.
“I will not accept” means “I don’t want to accept.”