Chapter 108 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 108

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 108.11

अर्थधर्मपरा ये ये तांस्ताशोचामि नेतरान्। ते हि दुःखमिह प्राप्य विनाशं प्रेत्य लेभिरे॥

arthadharmaparā ye ye tāṃstāśocāmi netarān| te hi duḥkhamiha prāpya vināśaṃ pretya lebhire||

English Meaning

Those that disregarding interest are devoted to virtue, do I mourn, and not others; for having suffered misery here, they in the end meet with extinction.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)