Chapter 63 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 63.7

गुरुलाघवमर्थानामारम्भे कर्मणां फलम्। दोषं वा यो न जानाति स बाल इति होच्यते।७।।

gurulāghavamarthānāmārambhe karmaṇāṃ phalam| doṣaṃ vā yo na jānāti sa bāla iti hocyate|7||

English Meaning

He that on the eve of beginning an action either relating to this world or the next, does not take into consideration the fact that actions entail consequences light or grave, disagreeable (or otherwise), is styled a child.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)