Chapter 29 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 29

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 29.7

न चिरात् प्राप्यते लोके पापानां कर्मणां फलम्। सविषाणामिवान्नानां भुक्तानां क्षणदाचर॥

na cirāt prāpyate loke pāpānāṃ karmaṇāṃ phalam| saviṣāṇāmivānnānāṃ bhuktānāṃ kṣaṇadācara||

English Meaning

O ranger of night, as the effect of having taken rice mixed with poison, appears without delay, even so also people readily reap the fruit of their own acts.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)