Chapter 30 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 30.67

अर्थिनामुपपन्नानां पूर्वं चाप्युपकारिणाम्। आशां संश्रुत्य यो हन्ति स लोके पुरुषाधमः॥

arthināmupapannānāṃ pūrvaṃ cāpyupakāriṇām| āśāṃ saṃśrutya yo hanti sa loke puruṣādhamaḥ||

English Meaning

And do you tell him-'He, who breaks his promise made to a powerful benefactor who solicits his favour, is regarded by people as vile.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)