Chapter 51 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 51.16

नहि धर्मविरुद्धेषु बह्वपायेषु कर्मसु। मूलघातिषु सज्जन्ते बुद्धिमन्तो भवद्विधाः॥

nahi dharmaviruddheṣu bahvapāyeṣu karmasu| mūlaghātiṣu sajjante buddhimanto bhavadvidhāḥ||

English Meaning

Actions opposed to righteousness, and bringing on countless evils, and causing extermination, ill become persons of your sort.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)