Chapter 17 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 17.37

अशुभं चाप्ययुक्तं च सतां चैव विगर्हितम्। वक्ष्यसे चेदृशं कृत्वा सद्भिः सह समागतः॥

aśubhaṃ cāpyayuktaṃ ca satāṃ caiva vigarhitam| vakṣyase cedṛśaṃ kṛtvā sadbhiḥ saha samāgataḥ||

English Meaning

Perpetrating this inauspicious, and improper act, blamed of the worthy what shall you speak to the pious when you shall return in their company?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)