Chapter 21 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 21.18

मित्रमौपयिकं कर्तुं रामः स्थानं परिप्सता। बन्धं चानिच्छता घोरं त्वयासौ पुरुषर्षभः॥

mitramaupayikaṃ kartuṃ rāmaḥ sthānaṃ paripsatā| bandhaṃ cānicchatā ghoraṃ tvayāsau puruṣarṣabhaḥ||

English Meaning

It behove you to make friends with Rāma, that best of men, if do you desire to maintain your empire and do not wish to bring about your own destruction.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)