Chapter 42 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 42.37

भवन्तश्चापि विक्रान्ताः प्रमाणं सर्व एव हि। प्रमाणमेनं संस्थाप्य पश्यध्वं पश्चिमां दिशम्॥ कृतकृत्या भविष्यामः कृतस्य प्रतिकर्मणा।।

bhavantaścāpi vikrāntāḥ pramāṇaṃ sarva eva hi| pramāṇamenaṃ saṃsthāpya paśyadhvaṃ paścimāṃ diśam|| kṛtakṛtyā bhaviṣyāmaḥ kṛtasya pratikarmaṇā||

English Meaning

All of you possessed of prowess, yourselves certainly constitute the measure whereby to ascertain the wisdom or otherwise of a course. Making this one also into a measure, survey the western quarter. Having requited the good that has been done to us, we shall attain our end.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)