Chapter 41 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 41

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 41.56

नहि राज्यमधर्मेण भोक्तुं क्षणमपि त्वया। शक्यं मूर्खसहायेन पापेनाविदितात्मना ॥

nahi rājyamadharmeṇa bhoktuṃ kṣaṇamapi tvayā| śakyaṃ mūrkhasahāyena pāpenāviditātmanā ||

English Meaning

For you, foolish, wicked, ignorant of selfknowledge, and having dolts for councillors, are not competent to unrighteously exercise kingship for a moment.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)