Chapter 75 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 75

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 75.32

राजस्त्रीबालवृद्धानां वधे यत् पापमुच्यते। भृत्यत्यागे च यत्पापं तत्पापं प्रतिपद्यताम्॥

rājastrībālavṛddhānāṃ vadhe yat pāpamucyate| bhṛtyatyāge ca yatpāpaṃ tatpāpaṃ pratipadyatām||

English Meaning

And may he come by the sin that is reaped by slaying a king, a woman, a boy, or an old man, or by renouncing those who have claims on his maintenance!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)