Chapter 17 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 17.31

सुहृदामर्थकृच्छ्रेषु युक्तं बुद्धिमता सदा। समर्थेनोपसंदेष्टुं शाश्वतीं भूतिमिच्छता॥

suhṛdāmarthakṛcchreṣu yuktaṃ buddhimatā sadā| samarthenopasaṃdeṣṭuṃ śāśvatīṃ bhūtimicchatā||

English Meaning

It behove him, who desires for perpetual wealth, and is intelligent and capable of giving sound counsels, to advise his friends in difficult matters.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)