Chapter 118 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 118

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 118.17

अवश्यं च मया कार्यं सर्वेषां वो वचो हितम्। स्निग्धानां लोकनाथानामेवं च वदतां हितम्॥

avaśyaṃ ca mayā kāryaṃ sarveṣāṃ vo vaco hitam| snigdhānāṃ lokanāthānāmevaṃ ca vadatāṃ hitam||

English Meaning

It behove me to carry out the well meaning words of you all the lords of people who have spoken them out of affection.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)