Chapter 15 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 15

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 15.9

न तात मन्त्रे तव निश्चयोऽस्ति बालस्त्वमद्याप्यविपक्वबुद्धिः। तस्मात्त्वयाप्यात्मविनाशनाय वचोऽर्थहीनं बहु विप्रलप्तम्॥

na tāta mantre tava niścayo'sti bālastvamadyāpyavipakvabuddhiḥ| tasmāttvayāpyātmavināśanāya vaco'rthahīnaṃ bahu vipralaptam||

English Meaning

O my son, you are a mere child and of unripe intellect and hence you are not capable of as certaining the propriety and impropriety of counsels. You are therefore speaking thus like a maniac for your own destruction.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)