Chapter 63 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 63.24

स सुहृद्यो विपन्नाथ दीनमभ्युपपद्यते। स बन्धुर्योऽपनीतेषु साहाय्यायोपकल्पते॥

sa suhṛdyo vipannātha dīnamabhyupapadyate| sa bandhuryo'panīteṣu sāhāyyāyopakalpate||

English Meaning

He is a friend that succour one fallen in distress and is undergoing affliction; and he acts friendly that helped a person lapsing from the path of morality.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)