Chapter 33 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 33

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 33.3

सक्तं ग्राम्येषु भोगेषु कामवृत्तं महीपतिम्। लुब्धं न बहु मन्यन्ते श्मशानाग्निमिव प्रजाः॥

saktaṃ grāmyeṣu bhogeṣu kāmavṛttaṃ mahīpatim| lubdhaṃ na bahu manyante śmaśānāgnimiva prajāḥ||

English Meaning

The subjects do not esteem a monarch that is given to sensual enjoyments, in intent upon satisfying his lust and is covetous like the fire in a cemetery.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)