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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.35.7
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 35: Mārīca’s warning. He corrects Rāvaṇa’s account of Rāma’s exile, praises Rāma’s character and urges consultation before a plan that could destroy Laṅkā
In the sequence: he warns that Rāvaṇa does not understand Rāma and may destroy Laṅkā and the entire rākṣasa people through his recklessness
3.35.7
tvadvidhaḥ kāmavṛtto hi duḥśīlaḥ pāpamantritaḥ
ātmānaṃ svajanaṃ rāṣṭraṃ sa rājā hanti durmatiḥ
For a king like you—self-willed, of evil conduct, ill-counselled, and wrong-minded—destroys himself, his own people, and his kingdom.
Words: tvadvidhaḥ — one like you; kāmavṛtto — self-willed; hi — for, indeed; duḥśīlaḥ — of evil conduct; pāpamantritaḥ — evilly counselled; ātmānaṃ — himself; svajanaṃ — his own people; rāṣṭraṃ — the kingdom, realm; sa rājā — that king; hanti — destroys; durmatiḥ — wrong-minded
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.