Verse 24·VR 6.17.24

मित्राटवीबलम् चैव मौलभृत्यबलम् तथा | सर्वमेतद्बलम् ग्राह्यम् वर्जयित्वा द्विषद्बलम् ||६-१७-२४

mitraaTaviibalam caiva maulabhR^ityabalam tathaa | sarvametadbalam graahyam varjayitvaa dviShadbalam ||6-17-24

Translation

"A contingent supplied by friends or an inhabitant of the woods (like our selves), or furnished by hereditary warriors or paid servants - all these contingents can be accepted but not that furnished by an enemy."

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mitraaTaviibalamchaiva

a contingent supplied by friends or an inhabitant of the woods (like ourselves)

tathaa

and

moula bhR^itya balam

those furnished by hereditary warriors or paid servants

sarvam

all

etat

this

balam

contingent

graahyam

can be accepted

varjayitvaa

leaving off

dvishhadbalam

that furnished by an enemy.'

Chapter context

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Vibhishana Reaches Rama's Place

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