Chapter 39 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 39

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 39.16

बहवः साधवो लोके युक्ता धर्ममनुष्ठिताः। परेषामपराधेन विनष्टाः सपरिच्छदाः ॥

bahavaḥ sādhavo loke yuktā dharmamanuṣṭhitāḥ| pareṣāmaparādhena vinaṣṭāḥ saparicchadāḥ ||

English Meaning

Many persons pious and devoted to asceticism on this earth have met with destruction for another's misdeeds.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)