Chapter 24 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 24.9

अहो धिङ् मानुषं लोकं नास्ति खल्वधमः परः। यहुर्बला बलवता भर्तारो रावणेन नः॥ सूर्येणोदयता काले नक्षत्राणीव नाशिताः।

aho dhiṅ mānuṣaṃ lokaṃ nāsti khalvadhamaḥ paraḥ| yahurbalā balavatā bhartāro rāvaṇena naḥ|| sūryeṇodayatā kāle nakṣatrāṇīva nāśitāḥ|

English Meaning

Oh! fie upon humanity: there is none more vile than a man for they are weak. As the stars disappear with the rising of the sun in time, so our husbands have been destroyed by the powerful Ravana.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)