Chapter 71 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 71

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 71.12

अहं हि मतिसाचिव्यं करिष्यामि नरर्षभ॥ मित्रं चैवोपदेक्ष्यामि युवाभ्यां संस्कृतोऽग्निना।

ahaṃ hi matisācivyaṃ kariṣyāmi nararṣabha|| mitraṃ caivopadekṣyāmi yuvābhyāṃ saṃskṛto'gninā|

English Meaning

Being cremated by you, I shall counsel you best and tell you with whom you should contract friendship.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)