Chapter 1 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 1.7

यो हि भृत्यो नियुक्तः सन्भ; कर्मणि दुष्करे। कुर्यात्तदनुरागेण तमाहुः पुरुषोत्तमम्॥

yo hi bhṛtyo niyuktaḥ sanbha; karmaṇi duṣkare| kuryāttadanurāgeṇa tamāhuḥ puruṣottamam||

English Meaning

That servant who, being entrusted with a hard task, after having accomplished it, do another work in pursuance of (the prescribed business), is the best of men.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)