Chapter 100 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 100

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 100.40

तेषां गुप्तिपरीहारैः कच्चित् ते भरणं कृतम्। रक्ष्या हि राज्ञा धर्मेण सर्वे विषयवासिनः।४८।।

teṣāṃ guptiparīhāraiḥ kaccit te bharaṇaṃ kṛtam| rakṣyā hi rājñā dharmeṇa sarve viṣayavāsinaḥ|48||

English Meaning

And do you maintain them by securing to them what they wish for and removing from them what they wish away? All the dwellers in his dominions should be protected by the king.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)