Chapter 33 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 33

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 33.9

येषां चाराश्च कोशश्च लयश्च जयतां वर। अस्वाधीना नरेन्द्राणां प्राकृतैस्ते जनैः समाः॥

yeṣāṃ cārāśca kośaśca layaśca jayatāṃ vara| asvādhīnā narendrāṇāṃ prākṛtaiste janaiḥ samāḥ||

English Meaning

O you best of conquerors, those kings whose spies, exchequer and morality are not free, are like the common head.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)