Chapter 18 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 18.22

गुरुधर्मव्यतिक्रान्तं प्राज्ञो धर्मेण पालयन्।॥ भरतः कामयुक्तानां निग्रहे पर्यवस्थितः। वयं तु भरतादेशावधिं कृत्वा हरीश्वर। त्वद्विधान् भिन्नमर्यादान् निग्रहीतुं व्यवस्थिताः॥

gurudharmavyatikrāntaṃ prājño dharmeṇa pālayan||| bharataḥ kāmayuktānāṃ nigrahe paryavasthitaḥ| vayaṃ tu bharatādeśāvadhiṃ kṛtvā harīśvara| tvadvidhān bhinnamaryādān nigrahītuṃ vyavasthitāḥ||

English Meaning

A wise man, living in virtue, cannot let go one who has passed by the sanctions of morality. Bharata has sanctioned the destruction of the amorous; and we, O lord of monkeys, following his orders, thought proper, to encompass the destruction of one like you who has spoliated virtue and morality.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)