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)