Chapter 29 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 29

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 29.6

संत्यज्य सर्वकर्माणि मित्रार्थे यो न वर्तते। सम्भ्रमाद् विकृतोत्साहः सोऽनर्थेनावरुद्यते॥

saṃtyajya sarvakarmāṇi mitrārthe yo na vartate| sambhramād vikṛtotsāhaḥ so'narthenāvarudyate||

English Meaning

He, who does not engage in the service of his friends renouncing all business, becometh void of all energy and involved in unnecessary troubles.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)