Chapter 100 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 100

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 100.27

उपायकुशलं वैद्यं भृत्यसंदूषणे रतम्। शूरमैश्वर्यकामं च यो हन्ति न स हन्यते॥

upāyakuśalaṃ vaidyaṃ bhṛtyasaṃdūṣaṇe ratam| śūramaiśvaryakāmaṃ ca yo hanti na sa hanyate||

English Meaning

He that does not slay a physician skilled in ways and means, a servant given to enlisting the sympathies of his fellow-servants against his master, or a hero that covets riches, is slain (by them).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)