Chapter 115 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 115

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 115.14

एतद् राज्यं मम भ्रात्रा दत्तं संन्यासमुत्तमम्। योगक्षेमवहे चेमे पादुके हेमभूषिते॥

etad rājyaṃ mama bhrātrā dattaṃ saṃnyāsamuttamam| yogakṣemavahe ceme pāduke hemabhūṣite||

English Meaning

This monarchy has been consigned to me as a trust; and these gold-decked sandals shall carry on the work of government, protecting what the people have and securing to them what they have not.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)