Chapter 83 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 83

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 83.15

लोकपीडाकरं कर्म न कर्तव्यं विचक्षणैः। बालानां तु शुभं वाक्यं ग्राह्यं लक्ष्मणपूर्वज। तस्माच्छृणोमि ते वाक्यं साधु युक्तं महाबल।।२०

lokapīḍākaraṃ karma na kartavyaṃ vicakṣaṇaiḥ| bālānāṃ tu śubhaṃ vākyaṃ grāhyaṃ lakṣmaṇapūrvaja| tasmācchṛṇomi te vākyaṃ sādhu yuktaṃ mahābala||20

English Meaning

The wise should never undertake all those works which give affliction to people. O elder brother of Lakşmaņa, it is proper to take wise counsels even from a boy. O you of great strength, I therefore, hear your speech

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)