Chapter 63 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 63.13

अशास्त्रविदुषां तेषां कार्यं नाभिहितं वचः। अर्थशास्त्रानभिज्ञानां विपुलां श्रियमिच्छताम्॥

aśāstraviduṣāṃ teṣāṃ kāryaṃ nābhihitaṃ vacaḥ| arthaśāstrānabhijñānāṃ vipulāṃ śriyamicchatām||

English Meaning

Albeit uttered heedfully, the speech of those that are ignorant of learning and the knowledge of the sense of things, and who are intent upon attaining abounding affluence, should not be acted upon.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)