Chapter 8 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 8.20

उपकारफलं मित्रमपकारोऽरिलक्षणम्। अद्यैव तं वधिष्यामि तव भार्यापहारिणम्॥

upakāraphalaṃ mitramapakāro'rilakṣaṇam| adyaiva taṃ vadhiṣyāmi tava bhāryāpahāriṇam||

English Meaning

Benefits make friends, while injuries denote enemies. Even this very day will I slay him that has deprived you of your wife.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)