It behove you to make friends with Rāma, that best of men, if do you desire to maintain your empire and do not wish to bring about your own destruction.
मित्रमौपयिकं कर्तुं रामः स्थानं परिप्सता। बन्धं चानिच्छता घोरं त्वयासौ पुरुषर्षभः॥