Chapter 30 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 30.28

अयं तु भावो दुर्बुद्धे यस्त्वयेह प्रवर्तितः। मानुषेष्वपि लोकेषु भविष्यति न संशयः॥

ayaṃ tu bhāvo durbuddhe yastvayeha pravartitaḥ| mānuṣeṣvapi lokeṣu bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ||

English Meaning

And this vile desire, O you having a vicious intellect, which you have first created, shall undoubtedly spread in the world of mortals.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)