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)