Chapter 50 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 50

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 50.49

अप्रमादश्च कर्तव्यो युवाभ्यां नित्यमेव हि ॥ प्रकृत्या राक्षसाः सर्वे संग्रामे कूटयोधिनः। शूराणां शुद्धभावानां भवतामार्जवं बलम्॥

apramādaśca kartavyo yuvābhyāṃ nityameva hi || prakṛtyā rākṣasāḥ sarve saṃgrāme kūṭayodhinaḥ| śūrāṇāṃ śuddhabhāvānāṃ bhavatāmārjavaṃ balam||

English Meaning

you should always be on your guard. By nature the Rākşasas have cunning shifts in fight and you, who are heroic and of a pure spirit, can but rely on your simplicity alone for strength.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)