Chapter 33 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 33

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 33.14

तीक्ष्णमल्पप्रदातारं प्रमत्तं गर्वितं शठम्। व्यसने सर्वभूतानि नाभिधावन्ति पार्थिवम्॥

tīkṣṇamalpapradātāraṃ pramattaṃ garvitaṃ śaṭham| vyasane sarvabhūtāni nābhidhāvanti pārthivam||

English Meaning

People do not in times of peril assist a sovereign that is wrathful, stingy, intoxicated, haughty and deceitful.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)