Chapter 11 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 11.27

परदारावरोधस्य प्रसुप्तस्य निरीक्षणम्। इदं खलु ममात्यर्थं धर्मलोपं करिष्यति॥

paradārāvarodhasya prasuptasya nirīkṣaṇam| idaṃ khalu mamātyarthaṃ dharmalopaṃ kariṣyati||

English Meaning

Beholding a female, who is the religiously wedded wife of another, while she is asleep, verily cause loss of righteousness. *And therefore presumably incapable of taking care of herself.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)