Chapter 100 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 100

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 100.64

राजा तु धर्मेण हि पालयित्वा महीपतिर्दण्डधरः प्रजानाम्। दितश्च्युतः स्वर्गमुपैति विद्वान्।७६ ।।

rājā tu dharmeṇa hi pālayitvā mahīpatirdaṇḍadharaḥ prajānām| ditaścyutaḥ svargamupaiti vidvān|76 ||

English Meaning

The learned king ruling (all) righteously, that chastiser of the subjects, the monarch attaining duly the entire earth, going away from hence, acquires the celestial regions.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)