Chapter 11 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 11.72

नात्र जीवेन्मृषावादी क्रुरो वा यदि वा शठः। नृशंसः पापवृत्तो वा मुनिरेष तथाविधः॥

nātra jīvenmṛṣāvādī kruro vā yadi vā śaṭhaḥ| nṛśaṃsaḥ pāpavṛtto vā munireṣa tathāvidhaḥ||

English Meaning

And the ascetic is such that a liar cannot live here, nor a cunning or a crafty person, nor a wicked wight, nor one that is given to unrighteousness.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)