Chapter 11 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 11.33

यो हि मत्तं प्रमत्तं वा भग्नं वा रहितं कृशम्। हन्यात् सं भ्रूणहा लोके त्वद्विधं मदमोहितम्॥

yo hi mattaṃ pramattaṃ vā bhagnaṃ vā rahitaṃ kṛśam| hanyāt saṃ bhrūṇahā loke tvadvidhaṃ madamohitam||

English Meaning

He, who destroyeth a person who is given up to drinking, reckless, emaciated and deprived of weapons, and one like you, sunk in the abyss of voluptuousness, committeth the sin consequent upon the destruction of an embryo,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)