Chapter 106 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 106

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 106.16

क्व चारण्यं क्व च क्षात्रं व जटाः क्व च पालनम्। ईदृशं व्याहतं कर्म न भवान् कर्तुमर्हति॥

kva cāraṇyaṃ kva ca kṣātraṃ va jaṭāḥ kva ca pālanam| īdṛśaṃ vyāhataṃ karma na bhavān kartumarhati||

English Meaning

Where is the forest? And where is Ksatriya morality? Where are matted locks? And where is your government of the country? It behoves you not to act in such an untoward way.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)