Chapter 40 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 40.8

काममेवमिदं कार्यं विदितं मम तत्त्वतः। तथापि तु यथायुक्तमाज्ञापयितुमर्हसि॥

kāmamevamidaṃ kāryaṃ viditaṃ mama tattvataḥ| tathāpi tu yathāyuktamājñāpayitumarhasi||

English Meaning

Although I am full well acquainted with the work in which they are to be employed, yet you ought to order them as to what they are to accomplish.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)