Chapter 12 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 12.7

प्रियाप्रिये सुखे दुःखे लाभालाभे हिताहिते। धर्मकामार्थकृच्छेषु यूयमर्हथ वेदितुम्॥

priyāpriye sukhe duḥkhe lābhālābhe hitāhite| dharmakāmārthakṛccheṣu yūyamarhatha veditum||

English Meaning

When virtue, or happiness, or interest is in straits, it behove you to (know your course) in relation to pleasant and unpleasant, happiness and misery, profitable and unprofitable, and good and evil.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)