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)