Chapter 75 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 75

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 75.23

उपदिष्टं सुसूक्ष्मार्थं शास्त्रं यत्नेन धीमता। स नाशयतु दुष्टात्मा यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥

upadiṣṭaṃ susūkṣmārthaṃ śāstraṃ yatnena dhīmatā| sa nāśayatu duṣṭātmā yasyāryo'numate gataḥ||

English Meaning

May the wicked wight that had approved the exile of the noble one to the woods bring to naught the subtle scriptural knowledge which has been carefully taught him by his intelligent preceptor!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)