Chapter 29 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 29

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 29.2

गजाश्वरथसम्बाधे बले महति तिष्ठता। कृतं ते दारुणं कर्म सर्वलोकजुगुप्सितम्॥ उद्वेजनीयो भूतानां नृशंसः पापकर्मकृत्। त्रयाणामपि लोकानामीश्वरोऽपि स तिष्ठति ॥ कर्म लोकविरुद्धं तु कुर्वाणं क्षणदाचर। तीक्ष्णं सर्वजनो हन्ति सष दुष्टमिवागतम्॥

gajāśvarathasambādhe bale mahati tiṣṭhatā| kṛtaṃ te dāruṇaṃ karma sarvalokajugupsitam|| udvejanīyo bhūtānāṃ nṛśaṃsaḥ pāpakarmakṛt| trayāṇāmapi lokānāmīśvaro'pi sa tiṣṭhati || karma lokaviruddhaṃ tu kurvāṇaṃ kṣaṇadācara| tīkṣṇaṃ sarvajano hanti saṣa duṣṭamivāgatam||

English Meaning

Backed by this mighty host abounding in elephants and horses and cars, you have done an exceedingly wicked deed, execrated by all the worlds. Even if one happen to be the lord of the three worlds, one given to troubling creatures, and who is cruel and engaged in wicked acts, can not exist. All persons destroy, like a snake that has intruded itself, him that dose cruel deeds, hostile to the interests of every one.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)