Chapter 100 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 100

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 100.44

कच्चिन्न सर्वे कर्मान्ताः प्रत्यक्षास्तेऽविशङ्कया। सर्वे वा पुनरुत्सृष्टा मध्यमेवात्र कारणम्॥

kaccinna sarve karmāntāḥ pratyakṣāste'viśaṅkayā| sarve vā punarutsṛṣṭā madhyamevātra kāraṇam||

English Meaning

And do your servants boldly present themselves before you; or do they all keep away? A middle course contributes to their good fortune.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)