Chapter 55 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 55.24

आश्रमं चिरसंवृद्धं यद् विनाशितवानसि। दुराचारो हि यन्मूढस्तस्मात् त्वं न भविष्यसि ॥

āśramaṃ cirasaṃvṛddhaṃ yad vināśitavānasi| durācāro hi yanmūḍhastasmāt tvaṃ na bhaviṣyasi ||

English Meaning

Since, O fool, you have destroyed this hermitage that had been prospering for a long time, you of execrable ways shall not live long.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)