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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 108 Shloka 13
Original Shloka
अर्थधर्मपरा ये ये तांस्तांछोचामि नेतरान्। ते हि दुःखमिह प्राप्य विनाशं प्रेत्य भेजिरे।।2.108.13।।
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English Translation

ये ये all those, अर्थधर्मपराः yearning for dharma and artha, तांस्तान् for all of them, शोचामि feel sad, इतरान् for others, न not, ते they, इह in this world, दुःखम् sorrow, प्राप्य experiencing, प्रेत्य after death, विनाशम् destruction, भेजिरे had obtained (doubt).

English Commentary

I prity those who yearn for dharma and artha and not for other things since those who have experienced adversities in this world (disregarding their own interest), will be ultimately destroyed any way by death.