Chapter 4 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 4.20

सुहृदश्चाप्रमत्तास्त्वां रक्षन्त्वद्य समन्ततः। भवन्ति बहुविघ्नानि कार्याण्येवंविधानि हि॥

suhṛdaścāpramattāstvāṃ rakṣantvadya samantataḥ| bhavanti bahuvighnāni kāryāṇyevaṃvidhāni hi||

English Meaning

And let your friends vigilantly protect you all around, for many are the impediments that happen in affairs like this.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)