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)