Chapter 109 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 109

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 109.19

क्षात्रं धर्ममहं त्यक्ष्ये ह्यधर्मं धर्मसंहितम्। क्षुदैर्नृशंसैलुब्धैश्च सेवितं पापकर्मभिः॥

kṣātraṃ dharmamahaṃ tyakṣye hyadharmaṃ dharmasaṃhitam| kṣudairnṛśaṃsailubdhaiśca sevitaṃ pāpakarmabhiḥ||

English Meaning

I abjure that Ksatriya morality which, wearing the garb of righteousness, is in fact impiety, and which is pursued by the low-minded, or the wicked, or the covetous, or the sinful.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)