Chapter 34 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 34.9

पूर्वं कृतार्थो मित्राणां न तत्प्रतिकरोति यः। कृतघ्नः सर्वभूतानां स वध्यः प्लवगेश्वर॥

pūrvaṃ kṛtārtho mitrāṇāṃ na tatpratikaroti yaḥ| kṛtaghnaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sa vadhyaḥ plavageśvara||

English Meaning

That ungrateful might that having at first attained benefit at the hands of his friends, does not requite it, is, O lord of monkeys, worthy of being slain by all creatures.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)