Chapter 83 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 83

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 83.19

यस्मादर्था विवर्धन्ते येष्वधर्मः प्रतिष्ठितः। क्लिश्यन्ते धर्मशीलाश्च तस्मादेतौ निरर्थकौ॥

yasmādarthā vivardhante yeṣvadharmaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ| kliśyante dharmaśīlāśca tasmādetau nirarthakau||

English Meaning

But as prosperity attend those that are established in unrighteousness, and as those regardful of righteousness fare lamentably, these*have not the senses assigned to them (by the scriptures). *Virtue and vice.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)