Chapter 51 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 51.27

प्राप्तं धर्मफलं तावद् भवता नात्र संशयः। फलमस्याप्यधर्मस्य क्षिप्रमेव प्रपत्स्यसे॥

prāptaṃ dharmaphalaṃ tāvad bhavatā nātra saṃśayaḥ| phalamasyāpyadharmasya kṣiprameva prapatsyase||

English Meaning

Virtue destroy vice, (yet vice like yours destroy all virtue). (The parenthetical part is the commentator's filling in of the deficiency in the sentiment) You, without doubt, had obtained the fruit of your righteousness, and the fruit also of this iniquity you shall reap without delay.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)