Chapter 17 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 17.15

स च न प्रतिजग्राह रावणः कालचोदितः। उच्यमानं हितं वाक्यं विपरीत इवौषधम्॥

sa ca na pratijagrāha rāvaṇaḥ kālacoditaḥ| ucyamānaṃ hitaṃ vākyaṃ viparīta ivauṣadham||

English Meaning

And Ravana, possessed by Death, paid no heed to my well-meaning words, like to one, lying on the brink of death, neglecting the administration of medicine.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)