Chapter 51 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 51.24

परेतकाले पुरुषो यत् कर्म प्रतिपद्यते। विनाशायात्मनोऽधयं प्रतिपन्नोऽसि कर्म तत्॥

paretakāle puruṣo yat karma pratipadyate| vināśāyātmano'dhayaṃ pratipanno'si karma tat||

English Meaning

Truly have you for your own destruction engaged yourself in these impious acts, which are perpetrated by men on the eve of their death.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)