Chapter 41 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 41

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 41.13

बहवः साधवो लोके युक्तधर्ममनुष्टिताः। परेषामपराधेन विनष्टाः सपरिच्छदाः॥

bahavaḥ sādhavo loke yuktadharmamanuṣṭitāḥ| pareṣāmaparādhena vinaṣṭāḥ saparicchadāḥ||

English Meaning

Many a pious person, on this earth, ever engaged in the performance of religious services, have, for the folly of other persons, met with destruction along with their relatives.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)