Chapter 65 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 65

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 65.7

को नु दारप्रणाशं ते साधु मन्येत राघव। सरितः सागराः शैला देवगन्धर्वदानवाः॥ नालं ते विप्रियं कर्तुं दीक्षितस्येव साधवः।

ko nu dārapraṇāśaṃ te sādhu manyeta rāghava| saritaḥ sāgarāḥ śailā devagandharvadānavāḥ|| nālaṃ te vipriyaṃ kartuṃ dīkṣitasyeva sādhavaḥ|

English Meaning

Who shall think well, O Raghava, of the destruction of your wife? The celestials, Danavas, Gandharvas, rivers, seas, and mountains-none can act unfriendly by you as the learned priests cannot act improperly towards those initiated by them.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)