Chapter 18 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 18.10

अपापास्तत्कुलीनाश्च मानयन्ति स्वकान्हितान्। एष प्रायो नरेन्द्राणां शङ्कनीयस्तु शोभनः॥

apāpāstatkulīnāśca mānayanti svakānhitān| eṣa prāyo narendrāṇāṃ śaṅkanīyastu śobhanaḥ||

English Meaning

Those kinsmen, who do not think of one another's mischief, generally long for their respective well-being. But even such wellmeaning relatives are feared by the kings.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)