Chapter 2 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 2.22

कृत्येषु वाली मेधावी राजानो बहुदर्शिनः। भवन्ति परहन्तारस्ते ज्ञेयाः प्राकृतैनरैः॥

kṛtyeṣu vālī medhāvī rājāno bahudarśinaḥ| bhavanti parahantāraste jñeyāḥ prākṛtainaraiḥ||

English Meaning

Vāli is eminently expert in despatching business. Monarchs, cognizant of many a wily expedient, bring about others' destruction. It is proper to discern them by means of disguised spies.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)