विपर्यये तु तत्सर्वं व्यर्थं भवति रावण। व्यसनं स्वामिवैगुण्यात् प्राप्नुवन्तीतरे जनाः॥
viparyaye tu tatsarvaṃ vyarthaṃ bhavati rāvaṇa| vyasanaṃ svāmivaiguṇyāt prāpnuvantītare janāḥ||
English Meaning
But those objects are never attained O Rāvana when they are not in good odour with their sovereign; moreover the subjects meet with dangers when he is devoid of all qualities.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)