न ह्येकस्साधको हेतुस्स्वल्पस्यापीह कर्मणः। यो ह्यर्थं बहुधा वेद स समर्थोऽर्थसाधने।।5.41.6।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset
English Translation
इह here, स्वल्पस्य of a trivial task, अपि also, कर्मणः of the task, साधकः effective, हेतुः cause, एकः one, न हि is not, यः he who, अर्थम् as an object, बहुधा in many ways (means of doing), वेद knows, सः he, अर्थसाधने in achieving the task, समर्थः capable.
English Commentary
'There are ways more than one even to perform a small work. And the capable know it.