Chapter 73 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 73.19

उत्पन्ना तु कथं बुद्धिस्तवेयं पापदर्शिनी। साधुचारित्रविभ्रष्टे पूर्वेषां नो विगर्हिता॥

utpannā tu kathaṃ buddhistaveyaṃ pāpadarśinī| sādhucāritravibhraṣṭe pūrveṣāṃ no vigarhitā||

English Meaning

O you that views unrighteousness, O you that have fallen off from the way of the good, how could such thoughts unworthy of our line, arise in your mind?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)