Chapter 1 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 1.22

निभृतः संवृताकारों गुप्तमन्त्रः सहायवान्। अमोघक्रोधहर्षश्च त्यागसंयमकालवित्॥

nibhṛtaḥ saṃvṛtākāroṃ guptamantraḥ sahāyavān| amoghakrodhaharṣaśca tyāgasaṃyamakālavit||

English Meaning

He was lowly; and of close counsel; and used to keep to himself his purposes; and was resourceful. Neither his pleasure nor his displeasure went for naught. He knew the season of amassing riches, and of giving them away.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)