Chapter 32 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 32

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 32.11

अदृष्टं मृत्युमापन्नः कस्मात्त्वं नयशास्त्रवित्। व्यसनानामुपायज्ञः कुशलो ह्यसि वर्जने॥

adṛṣṭaṃ mṛtyumāpannaḥ kasmāttvaṃ nayaśāstravit| vyasanānāmupāyajñaḥ kuśalo hyasi varjane||

English Meaning

And why, versed in polity as you wast, did you come by death, unforeseen? You were acquainted with the means of warding off misfortune, and skilled in doing so.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)