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)