Chapter 41 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 41

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 41.7

अमात्यैः कामवृत्तो हि राजा कापथमाश्रितः। निग्राह्यः सर्वथा सद्भिः स निग्राह्यो न गृह्यते॥

amātyaiḥ kāmavṛtto hi rājā kāpathamāśritaḥ| nigrāhyaḥ sarvathā sadbhiḥ sa nigrāhyo na gṛhyate||

English Meaning

Wise counsellors do always restrain a king who wends a vicious track being guided by his impulses and passions; but about you they are quite unmindful, though you should by every means be brought under restraint.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)