Chapter 67 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 67

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 67.27

ये हि सम्भिन्नमर्यादा नास्तिकाश्छिन्नसंशयाः। तेऽपि भावाय कल्पन्ते राजदण्डनिपीडिताः॥

ye hi sambhinnamaryādā nāstikāśchinnasaṃśayāḥ| te'pi bhāvāya kalpante rājadaṇḍanipīḍitāḥ||

English Meaning

Even those heretics who having disregarded the dignity of social morality had met with chastisement at the hands of the king, their fear removed, give themselves airs.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)