Chapter 66 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 66

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 66.16

मामेवं हि पुरा वीर त्वमेव बहुशोक्तवान्। अनुशिष्याद्धि को नु त्वामपि साक्षाद् बृहस्पतिः॥

māmevaṃ hi purā vīra tvameva bahuśoktavān| anuśiṣyāddhi ko nu tvāmapi sākṣād bṛhaspatiḥ||

English Meaning

O hero, many a time and oft ere this, you had given me the self-same counsel. Who is capable of counselling you who are the very preceptor of the gods?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)