Chapter 52 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 52.24

यद् यथा स महाराजो नालीकमधिगच्छति। न च ताम्यति शोकेन सुमन्त्र कुरु तत् तथा॥

yad yathā sa mahārājo nālīkamadhigacchati| na ca tāmyati śokena sumantra kuru tat tathā||

English Meaning

O Sumantra, do you act so, that the mighty monarch may not come across anything unpleasant, or be attacked with chagrin through grief.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)