Chapter 63 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 63.6

देशकालविहीनानि कर्माणि विपरीतवत्। क्रियमाणानि दुष्यन्ति हवींष्यप्रयतेष्विव॥

deśakālavihīnāni karmāṇi viparītavat| kriyamāṇāni duṣyanti havīṃṣyaprayateṣviva||

English Meaning

Acts not performed in harmony with season and place, like to acts performed counter to season and place, are the occasions of misery, and resemble clarified butter poured into fire that has not been sanctified.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)