Chapter 75 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 75

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 75.20

बलिषड्भागमुद्धत्य नृपस्यारक्षितुः प्रजाः। अधर्मो योऽस्य सोऽस्यास्तु यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥

baliṣaḍbhāgamuddhatya nṛpasyārakṣituḥ prajāḥ| adharmo yo'sya so'syāstu yasyāryo'numate gataḥ||

English Meaning

May the person that had approved the exile of the noble one to the woods, reap the sin of his that having taken a sixth pare of their incomes, does not protect his subjects!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)