And what I know I speak, o king. I do so, in the interest of Rāma's work and not impelled by my skill in the are of speech, by the pride of being a counsellor, by the vanity of being gifted with a high intellect or by the desire of speaking for its own sake.
न वादान्नापि संघर्षानाधिक्यान च कामतः। वक्ष्यामि वचनं राजन्यथार्थं राम गौरवात्॥