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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.68.8

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 68: Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva. Restored by cremation, he urges a pledge before fire and explains how the two can help each other

In the sequence: invoking the need for sound policy when one's strength is reduced, he says that an alliance is essential to success

3.68.8

rāma ṣaḍ yuktayo loke yābhiḥ sarvaṃ vimṛśyate
parimṛṣṭo daśāntena daśābhāgena sevyate

“Rāma, there are six expedients in the world by which everything is weighed; one worn down to the end of his plight is attended by (even) a tenth part of relief.

Words: rāma — O Rāma; ṣaḍ — six; yuktayo — expedients, stratagems; loke — in the world; yābhiḥ — by which (fem. pl.); sarvaṃ — everything; vimṛśyate — is weighed, deliberated; parimṛṣṭo — worn down, afflicted; daśāntena — by the end of (one's) plight; daśābhāgena — by a tenth part; sevyate — is attended, served

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.