Chapter 50 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 50

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 50.9

पापस्वभावश्चपल: कथं त्वं रक्षसां वर। ऐश्वर्यमभिसम्प्राप्तो विमानमिव दुष्कृती॥

pāpasvabhāvaścapala: kathaṃ tvaṃ rakṣasāṃ vara| aiśvaryamabhisamprāpto vimānamiva duṣkṛtī||

English Meaning

O you the best of Rākṣasas, you are vicious and unsteady; how have you come by riches like to a sinner attaining to the abode of celestials?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)