Chapter 110 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 110

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 110.31

स राघवाणां कुलधर्ममात्मनः सनातनं नाद्य विहन्तुमर्हसि। प्रभूतरत्नामनुशाधि मेदिनी प्रभूतराष्ट्रां पितृवन्महायशः॥

sa rāghavāṇāṃ kuladharmamātmanaḥ sanātanaṃ nādya vihantumarhasi| prabhūtaratnāmanuśādhi medinī prabhūtarāṣṭrāṃ pitṛvanmahāyaśaḥ||

English Meaning

It therefore does not today behove you to depart from the ever existing morality of the descendants of Raghu. Do you rule this earth filled with gems, and furnished with high fame, do you like to a father govern her containing many kingdoms.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)