Chapter 9 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 9.2

अधर्मं तु सुसूक्ष्मेण विधिना प्राप्यते महान्। निवृत्तेन च सक्योऽयं व्यसनात् कामजादिह॥

adharmaṃ tu susūkṣmeṇa vidhinā prāpyate mahān| nivṛttena ca sakyo'yaṃ vyasanāt kāmajādiha||

English Meaning

Although you are great and follow the narrow way (of righteousness), yet you are on the eve of entering into unrighteousness. But you could by refraining from action, eschew this unrighteousness that springs from an evil begot of desire.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)