Chapter 10 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 10

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 10.17

प्रापणे चास्य मन्त्रस्य निवृत्ताः सर्वमन्त्रिणः। अवश्यं च मया वाच्यं यदृष्टमथवा श्रुतम्।। संविधाय यथान्यायं तद्भवान्कर्तुमर्हति॥

prāpaṇe cāsya mantrasya nivṛttāḥ sarvamantriṇaḥ| avaśyaṃ ca mayā vācyaṃ yadṛṣṭamathavā śrutam|| saṃvidhāya yathānyāyaṃ tadbhavānkartumarhati||

English Meaning

All the counsellors have refrained from tendering this counsel to you; but surely I must tell you what I have seen or heard; and adopting proper measures, it behove you to act so.* *In accordance with my suggestion.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)