Chapter 75 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 75

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 75.18

कारयित्वा महत् कर्म भर्ता भृत्यमनर्थकम्। अधर्मो योऽस्य सोऽस्यास्तु यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥

kārayitvā mahat karma bhartā bhṛtyamanarthakam| adharmo yo'sya so'syāstu yasyāryo'numate gataḥ||

English Meaning

May he that had approved the exile of the noble one into the woods come by the sin that is reaped by a master who withholds salary from servants after the ceremony is over!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)