Chapter 43 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 43.5

अर्थिनः कार्यनिर्वृत्तिमकर्तुरपि यश्चरेत्। तस्य स्यात् सफलं जन्म किं पुनः पूर्वकारिणः।७।।

arthinaḥ kāryanirvṛttimakarturapi yaścaret| tasya syāt saphalaṃ janma kiṃ punaḥ pūrvakāriṇaḥ|7||

English Meaning

Even the life of him that accomplishes the work of one to whom the former is not obliged, is successful, — what then is to be said in respect of him that has served one formerly.?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)