Chapter 15 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 15

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 15.22

अध्रुवे हि शरीरे यो न करोति तपोजनम्। स पश्चात्तप्यते मूढो मृतो गत्वात्मनो गतिम्॥

adhruve hi śarīre yo na karoti tapojanam| sa paścāttapyate mūḍho mṛto gatvātmano gatim||

English Meaning

Having regard that this body is uncertain, that foolish person, that does not acquire asceticism, dying go the way that he deserve.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)