Chapter 119 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 119

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 119.18

उच्छिष्टं वा प्रमत्तं वा तापसं ब्रह्मचारिणम्। अदन्त्यस्मिन् महारण्ये तान् निवारय राघव ॥

ucchiṣṭaṃ vā pramattaṃ vā tāpasaṃ brahmacāriṇam| adantyasmin mahāraṇye tān nivāraya rāghava ||

English Meaning

These eat up ascetics leading the Brahmacarya mode of life, who happen to be unclean or heedless. Do you, therefore, O Raghava, let them.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)