Chapter 35 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 35

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 35.12

धर्मो हि श्रूयते पक्ष अमराणां महात्मनाम्। अधर्मो रक्षसां पक्षो ह्यसुराणां च राक्षस॥

dharmo hi śrūyate pakṣa amarāṇāṃ mahātmanām| adharmo rakṣasāṃ pakṣo hyasurāṇāṃ ca rākṣasa||

English Meaning

Righteousness, we hear, is the course of the high-souled celestials, as, O. Rākşasa, unrighteousness is that of Rākşasa and Asuras.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)