Chapter 100 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 100

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 100.59

मन्त्रिभिस्त्वं यथोद्दिष्टं चतुर्भिस्त्रिभिरेव वा। कच्चित् समस्तैर्व्यस्तैश्च मन्त्रं मन्त्रयसे बुध ॥

mantribhistvaṃ yathoddiṣṭaṃ caturbhistribhireva vā| kaccit samastairvyastaiśca mantraṃ mantrayase budha ||

English Meaning

And, O wise one, do you, as laid down in the ordinance, take counsel, severally and in a body with three or four men?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)