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)