Chapter 100 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 100

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 100.47

देवतार्थे च पित्रर्थे ब्राह्मणाभ्यागतेषु च। योधेषु मित्रवर्गेषु कच्चिद् गच्छति ते व्ययः॥

devatārthe ca pitrarthe brāhmaṇābhyāgateṣu ca| yodheṣu mitravargeṣu kaccid gacchati te vyayaḥ||

English Meaning

And did you spend your wealth in the interests of the deities, or the pitris, or the Brāhmaṇas who have come to you, or warriors, or friends?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)