Chapter 18 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 18.28

विनष्टः पश्यतस्तस्य रक्षिणः शरणं गतः। आदाय सुकृतं तस्य सर्वं गच्छेदरक्षितः॥

vinaṣṭaḥ paśyatastasya rakṣiṇaḥ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ| ādāya sukṛtaṃ tasya sarvaṃ gacchedarakṣitaḥ||

English Meaning

When a person is slain before him whose shelter he has taken he take away all the virtues of his protector.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)