Chapter 17 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 17.40

यदि दोषो महांस्तस्मिंस्त्यज्यतामविशङ्कितम्। गुणान्वापि बहून्ज्ञात्वा संग्रहः क्रियतां नृप।॥

yadi doṣo mahāṃstasmiṃstyajyatāmaviśaṅkitam| guṇānvāpi bahūnjñātvā saṃgrahaḥ kriyatāṃ nṛpa|||

English Meaning

Do you renounce him unhesitatingly, if did you find in him a source of a great calamity and do you embrace him if did you find him crowned with many virtues.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)