Chapter 108 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 108

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 108.10

गतः स नृपतिस्तत्र गन्तव्यं यत्र तेन वै। प्रवृत्तिरेषा भूतानां त्वं तु मिथ्या विहन्यसे॥

gataḥ sa nṛpatistatra gantavyaṃ yatra tena vai| pravṛttireṣā bhūtānāṃ tvaṃ tu mithyā vihanyase||

English Meaning

The king has gone the way he should. This is the nature of all creatures. But you for naught deny yourself (the manliness of monarchical power).

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)