Chapter 109 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 109

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 109.20

कायेन करते पापं मनसा सम्प्रधार्य तत्। अनृतं जिह्वया चाहं त्रिविधं कर्म पातकम्॥

kāyena karate pāpaṃ manasā sampradhārya tat| anṛtaṃ jihvayā cāhaṃ trividhaṃ karma pātakam||

English Meaning

A person commits a sin by means of his physique, but after he has accurately cast it in his mind; and he has also spoken an untruth with his tongue. Thus a sin is threefold.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)