Chapter 45 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 45

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 45.10

अकीर्तिर्यस्य गीयेत लोके भूतस्य कस्यचित्॥ पतत्येवाधमाल्लोकान्यावच्छब्दः प्रकीर्त्यते।

akīrtiryasya gīyeta loke bhūtasya kasyacit|| patatyevādhamāllokānyāvacchabdaḥ prakīrtyate|

English Meaning

He, who is notorious on this earth and as long as that notoriety remains current, is classed among the vile.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)