Chapter 64 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 64.5

यत् त्वशक्यं बलवता कर्तुं प्राकृतबुद्धिना। अनुपासितवृद्धेन कः कुर्यात्तादृशं नरः॥

yat tvaśakyaṃ balavatā kartuṃ prākṛtabuddhinā| anupāsitavṛddhena kaḥ kuryāttādṛśaṃ naraḥ||

English Meaning

But what person ever act according to what is proposed feebly by one having strength, yet of inferior intelligence, and who has never respected the aged.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)