Chapter 73 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 73.16

शयानः पुरुषो राम तस्य शैलस्य मूर्धनि । यत् स्वप्ने लभते वित्तं तत् प्रबुद्धोऽधिगच्छति ॥ यस्त्वेनं विषमाचारः पापकर्माधिरोहति। तत्रैव प्रहरन्त्येनं सुप्तमादाय राक्षसाः॥

śayānaḥ puruṣo rāma tasya śailasya mūrdhani | yat svapne labhate vittaṃ tat prabuddho'dhigacchati || yastvenaṃ viṣamācāraḥ pāpakarmādhirohati| tatraiva praharantyenaṃ suptamādāya rākṣasāḥ||

English Meaning

A person, sleeping on the summit of that hill and dreaming of an accession of wealth, really gets at it after the dream is over. A perpetrator of iniquitous deeds and engaged in impious observances ascending that hill, the Rākṣasas seize upon him, asleep, and bruise him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)