Chapter 36 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 36.16

कच्चिन्मित्राणि लभतेऽमित्रैश्चाप्यभिगम्यते। कच्चित् कल्याणमित्रश्च मित्रैश्चापि पुरस्कृतः॥

kaccinmitrāṇi labhate'mitraiścāpyabhigamyate| kaccit kalyāṇamitraśca mitraiścāpi puraskṛtaḥ||

English Meaning

Is he still gaining friends and are friends gathering around him? Is he welcoming his friends and are they honouring him the more?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)