Chapter 6 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 6

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 6.5

मन्त्रमूलं च विजयं प्रवदन्ति मनस्विनः। तस्माद्वै रोचये मन्त्रं रामं प्रति महाबलाः॥

mantramūlaṃ ca vijayaṃ pravadanti manasvinaḥ| tasmādvai rocaye mantraṃ rāmaṃ prati mahābalāḥ||

English Meaning

'Victory is the outcome of consultation'-this do the sages* say. Let us, therefore, O mighty ones, engage in counsel, relating to the measures we should adopt towards Rāma. * Manasvin, according to Rāmānuja, means hero.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)