Chapter 38 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 38.18

अमित्राणां वधे युक्तो मित्राणां संग्रहे रतः॥ त्रिवर्गफलभोक्ता च राजा धर्मेण युज्यते।

amitrāṇāṃ vadhe yukto mitrāṇāṃ saṃgrahe rataḥ|| trivargaphalabhoktā ca rājā dharmeṇa yujyate|

English Meaning

That king is verily virtuous that, engaged in uprooting foes and advancing friends, attends to all the three ends.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)