Chapter 17 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 17.64

यथाशक्ति मयोक्तं त राक्षसस्यार्जवं प्रति। प्रमाणं त्वं हि शेषस्य श्रुत्वा बुद्धिमतां वर॥

yathāśakti mayoktaṃ ta rākṣasasyārjavaṃ prati| pramāṇaṃ tvaṃ hi śeṣasya śrutvā buddhimatāṃ vara||

English Meaning

O you the foremost of the intelligent, I have spok thus considering him sincere. It now behove you to perform what you think proper.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)