Chapter 52 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 52.14

कथं च धर्मार्थविनीतबुद्धिः परावरप्रत्ययनिश्चितार्थः। भवद्विधः कोपवशे हि तिष्ठेत् कोपं न गच्छन्ति हि सत्त्ववन्तः॥

kathaṃ ca dharmārthavinītabuddhiḥ parāvarapratyayaniścitārthaḥ| bhavadvidhaḥ kopavaśe hi tiṣṭhet kopaṃ na gacchanti hi sattvavantaḥ||

English Meaning

Why dose one like you, having one's intelligence rendered meek respects righteousness and profit, and capable of proceeding on certain decisions on the merits or otherwise of things, come under the sway of passion? Those possessed of power never give way to anger.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)