Chapter 78 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 78

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 78.4

पूर्वमेव तु विग्राह्यः समवेक्ष्य नयानयौ। उत्पथं यः समारूढो नार्या राजा वशं गतः॥

pūrvameva tu vigrāhyaḥ samavekṣya nayānayau| utpathaṃ yaḥ samārūḍho nāryā rājā vaśaṃ gataḥ||

English Meaning

The king bent upon following an unrighteous course through the influence of a woman, should, the justice or otherwise of the measure being fully weighed, at the very outset have been checked.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)