Chapter 18 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 18.10

त्वं तु संक्लिष्टधर्मश्च कर्मणा च विगर्हितः। कामतन्त्रप्रधानश्च न स्थितो राजवर्त्मनि॥

tvaṃ tu saṃkliṣṭadharmaśca karmaṇā ca vigarhitaḥ| kāmatantrapradhānaśca na sthito rājavartmani||

English Meaning

You have oppressed virtue and perpetrated a gross iniquity. You have placed yourself under the control of your passions and deviated from the track of royal duties.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)