Chapter 116 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 116

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 116.13

न वृथा ते श्रमोऽयं स्यात्संशये न्यस्य जीवितम्। सुहृज्जनपरिक्लेशो न चायं विफलस्तव॥

na vṛthā te śramo'yaṃ syātsaṃśaye nyasya jīvitam| suhṛjjanaparikleśo na cāyaṃ viphalastava||

English Meaning

You would not have been required to undergo this toil at the risk of your own life and giving unnecessary trouble to your friends.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)