Chapter 20 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 20.9

तैस्तैरनिष्टोपगमैरजस्रं यत्र कुत्र कः। मतिमान्मानुषे लोके युद्धेन प्रणयी भवेत्॥

taistairaniṣṭopagamairajasraṃ yatra kutra kaḥ| matimānmānuṣe loke yuddhena praṇayī bhavet||

English Meaning

What sensible person can set his heart on slaying human beings, who are everywhere beset with a perennial stream of evils.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)