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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.38.13

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 38: Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca. He rejects unwelcome advice, offers half his Kingdom for help and threatens immediate death if Mārīca refuses the deer disguise

In the sequence: he lectures him on a minister's obligation to address a King respectfully and avoid unwelcome words

3.38.13

tasmāt sarvāsv avasthāsu mānyāḥ pūjyāś ca pārthivāḥ
tvaṃ tu dharmam avijñāya kevalaṃ moham āsthitaḥ

Therefore in all conditions kings are to be revered and honoured; but you, not understanding the law, are wholly given over to delusion.

Words: tasmāt — therefore; sarvāsv avasthāsu — in all conditions; mānyāḥ — to be honoured; pūjyāś ca — and to be revered; pārthivāḥ — kings; tvaṃ tu — but you; dharmam — the law, dharma; avijñāya — not understanding; kevalaṃ — wholly, merely; moham — delusion; āsthitaḥ — settled in, given over to

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.