Chapter 106 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 106

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 106.19

अथ क्लेशजमेव त्वं धर्म चरितुमिच्छसि। धर्मेण चतुरो वर्णान् पालयन् क्लेशमाप्नुहि ॥

atha kleśajameva tvaṃ dharma caritumicchasi| dharmeṇa caturo varṇān pālayan kleśamāpnuhi ||

English Meaning

But if you be bent upon practising this austere morality, do you undergo this trouble, after having righteously ruled the four orders.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)