Chapter 38 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 38.21

तव देव प्रसादाच्च भ्रातुश्च जयतां वर। कृतं न प्रतिकुर्याद् यः पुरुषाणां हि दूषणः॥

tava deva prasādācca bhrātuśca jayatāṃ vara| kṛtaṃ na pratikuryād yaḥ puruṣāṇāṃ hi dūṣaṇaḥ||

English Meaning

He that, having received a good office, does not requite it, reapeth obloquy among persons.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)