Chapter 9 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 9.13

प्रसादये त्वां बन्धुत्वात्कुरुष्व वचनं मम। हितं तथ्यं त्वहं ब्रूमि दीयतामस्य मैथिली॥

prasādaye tvāṃ bandhutvātkuruṣva vacanaṃ mama| hitaṃ tathyaṃ tvahaṃ brūmi dīyatāmasya maithilī||

English Meaning

I exert myself to pleasure you, because of the fraternity (that subsist between us). Do what I say. I say what is truth and what also is for your good. Do you render (back) Rama's Maithili.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)