Chapter 20 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 20.8

नित्यं श्रेयसि सम्मूढं महद्भिर्व्यसनैर्वृतम्। हन्यात्कस्तादृशं लोकं जराव्याधिशतैर्युतम्॥

nityaṃ śreyasi sammūḍhaṃ mahadbhirvyasanairvṛtam| hanyātkastādṛśaṃ lokaṃ jarāvyādhiśatairyutam||

English Meaning

Who should slay creatures, who are ever stupid in respect of their welfare, environed by mighty dangers, and encompassed by hundreds of decrepitude and decease?

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)