Chapter 12 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 12.27

अनुपायेन कर्माणि विपरीतानि यानि च। क्रियमाणानि दुष्यन्ति हवींष्यप्रयतेष्विव ॥

anupāyena karmāṇi viparītāni yāni ca| kriyamāṇāni duṣyanti havīṃṣyaprayateṣviva ||

English Meaning

But those actions that are done without deliberation, like to clarified butter poured in an impure sacrifice, conducted only to harma.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)