Chapter 106 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 106

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 106.17

एष हि प्रथमो धर्मः क्षत्रियस्याभिषेचनम्। येन शक्यं महाप्राज्ञ प्रजानां परिपालनम्॥

eṣa hi prathamo dharmaḥ kṣatriyasyābhiṣecanam| yena śakyaṃ mahāprājña prajānāṃ paripālanam||

English Meaning

Even this is the first duty of a Ksatriya, viz., getting oneself installed, by means of which, O highly wise one, he can compass the government of the people.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)