Chapter 17 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 17.50

न वादान्नापि संघर्षानाधिक्यान च कामतः। वक्ष्यामि वचनं राजन्यथार्थं राम गौरवात्॥

na vādānnāpi saṃgharṣānādhikyāna ca kāmataḥ| vakṣyāmi vacanaṃ rājanyathārthaṃ rāma gauravāt||

English Meaning

And what I know I speak, o king. I do so, in the interest of Rāma's work and not impelled by my skill in the are of speech, by the pride of being a counsellor, by the vanity of being gifted with a high intellect or by the desire of speaking for its own sake.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)