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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.39.13

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 39: Mārīca’s final warning. He condemns advisers who fail to restrain a destructive ruler and predicts that the abduction will kill them both and ruin Laṅkā

In the sequence: he condemns ministers who fail to restrain a ruler on a destructive course, because the ruler's failure ruins everyone dependent on him

3.39.13

bahavaḥ sādhavo loke yuktadharmam anuṣṭhitāḥ
pareṣām aparādhena vinaṣṭāḥ saparicchadāḥ

Many virtuous men in the world, who followed the prescribed dharma, have perished with all their belongings through the offence of others.

Words: bahavaḥ — many; sādhavo — virtuous men; loke — in the world; yuktadharmam — the prescribed dharma; anuṣṭhitāḥ — who practised, followed; pareṣām — of others; aparādhena — through the offence; vinaṣṭāḥ — perished; saparicchadāḥ — with their belongings, retinue

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.