Chapter 21 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 21.7

आत्मानमुपमां कृत्वा स्वेषु दारेषु रम्यताम्। अतुष्टं स्वेषु दारेषु चपलं चपलेन्द्रियम्। नयन्ति निकृतिप्रज्ञं परदाराः पराभवम्॥

ātmānamupamāṃ kṛtvā sveṣu dāreṣu ramyatām| atuṣṭaṃ sveṣu dāreṣu capalaṃ capalendriyam| nayanti nikṛtiprajñaṃ paradārāḥ parābhavam||

English Meaning

Making an example of you, do you enjoy with your own wives. Forsooth those vicious-minded, those of agitated senses, who are not satisfied with their own wives, are brought to misery by others' wives.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)