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)