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)