Chapter 72 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 72

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 72.7

तदवश्यं त्वया कार्यः स सुहृत् सुहृदां वर। अकृत्वा नहि ते सिद्धिमहं पश्यामि चिन्तयन् ॥

tadavaśyaṃ tvayā kāryaḥ sa suhṛt suhṛdāṃ vara| akṛtvā nahi te siddhimahaṃ paśyāmi cintayan ||

English Meaning

O you best of my friends, it behove you, therefore to make friends with such a person. Or else I do not find any means for your success.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)