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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.54.27

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 54: Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation. His army and sons are destroyed, Viśvāmitra wins Śiva’s weapons through austerity and returns to burn Vasiṣṭha’s hermitage

In the sequence: Vasiṣṭha calls on them not to fear, condemns the destruction, and raises his staff, blazing like the staff of Death.

1.54.27

āśramaṃ cirasaṃvṛddhaṃ yad vināśitavān asi
durācāro 'si yan mūḍha tasmāt tvaṃ na bhaviṣyasi

'Since you have destroyed a hermitage long-established, and since you are of evil conduct, O fool—therefore you shall cease to be.'

Words: āśramaṃ — the hermitage; cirasaṃvṛddhaṃ — long-established; yad — since; vināśitavān asi — you have destroyed; durācāro 'si — you are of evil conduct; yan — since; mūḍha — O fool; tasmāt — therefore; tvaṃ — you; na bhaviṣyasi — you shall not be (shall perish)

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.