Chapter 100 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 100

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 100.22

एकोऽप्यमात्यो मेधावी शूरो दक्षो विचक्षणः। राजानं राजपुत्रं वा प्रापयेन्महतीं श्रियम्॥

eko'pyamātyo medhāvī śūro dakṣo vicakṣaṇaḥ| rājānaṃ rājaputraṃ vā prāpayenmahatīṃ śriyam||

English Meaning

And a single able counsellor, intelligent, heroic, and sagacious, bring great prosperity upon a king or a prince.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)