न हि धर्म विरुद्धेषु बह्व् अपायेषु कर्मसु | मूल घातिषु सज्जन्ते बुद्धिमन्तो भवत् विधाः || ५-५१-१८
na ca api triShu lokeShu raajan vidyeta kashcana | raaghavasya vyaliikam yaH kR^itvaa sukham avaapnuyaat || 5-51-20
Translation
"Intellectuals like you indeed are not engrossed in acts, which are antagonistic to righteousness, which are attended with many dangers and which even ruin the doer at the roots."
Word by word
buddhimantaH
Intellectuals
bhavadvidhaaH
like you
na sujjante hi
indeed are not engrossed
karmasu
in actions
dharmaviruddheSu
which are antagonistic to righteousness
bahvapaayeSu
which are attended with many dangers
muulaghaatiSu
and which ruin doer at the roots.
Chapter context
Hanuma Narrates the Story of Rama
42 verses · Verse 18 of 42
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