Chapter 51 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 51.22

यथा त्वया कृतं कर्म भीरुणा लोकगर्हितम्। तस्कराचरितो मार्गो नैष वीरनिषेवितः॥

yathā tvayā kṛtaṃ karma bhīruṇā lokagarhitam| taskarācarito mārgo naiṣa vīraniṣevitaḥ||

English Meaning

What have been perpetrated by you coward, is blamed by all, and is the way taken recourse to by thieves and not by heroes.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)