Chapter 81 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 81

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 81.5

यस्मात्स कृतवान्पापमीदृशं घोरसंहितम्। तस्मात्प्राप्स्यति दुर्मेधाः फलं पापस्य कर्मणः॥

yasmātsa kṛtavānpāpamīdṛśaṃ ghorasaṃhitam| tasmātprāpsyati durmedhāḥ phalaṃ pāpasya karmaṇaḥ||

English Meaning

Since that vile being has perpetrated such a dreadful crime he shall forsooth suffer the consequence thereof.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)