Chapter 75 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 75

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 75.21

संश्रुत्य च तपस्विभ्यः सत्रे वै यज्ञदक्षिणाम्। तां चापलतां पापं यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥

saṃśrutya ca tapasvibhyaḥ satre vai yajñadakṣiṇām| tāṃ cāpalatāṃ pāpaṃ yasyāryo'numate gataḥ||

English Meaning

May he that had approved the exile of the noble one to the woods, come by the demerit that is his that denies Dakșiņās to ascetics in a sacrifice, after having promised them the same!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)