Chapter 17 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 17.20

मन्त्रे व्यूहे नये चारे युक्तो भवितुमर्हसि। वानराणां च भद्रं ते परेषां च परंतप॥

mantre vyūhe naye cāre yukto bhavitumarhasi| vānarāṇāṃ ca bhadraṃ te pareṣāṃ ca paraṃtapa||

English Meaning

O slayer of foes, it now behove you to be particularly careful about the counsels, arrangement of soldiers, polity-civil and military and spies of our own party as well as those of the enemies.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)