Chapter 83 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 83

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 83.16

यद्यधर्मो भवेद्भूतो रावणो नरकं व्रजेत्। भवांश्च धर्मसंयुक्तो नैव व्यसनमाप्नुयात्॥

yadyadharmo bhavedbhūto rāvaṇo narakaṃ vrajet| bhavāṃśca dharmasaṃyukto naiva vyasanamāpnuyāt||

English Meaning

If unrighteousness would bring unhappiness on creatures, Ravana should hence to hell, and you possessed of virtue, should not come by misfortune.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)