Chapter 115 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 115

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 115.17

भ्रात्रा तु मयि संन्यासो निक्षिप्तः सौहृदादयम्। तमिमं पालयिष्यामि राघवागमनं प्रति॥

bhrātrā tu mayi saṃnyāso nikṣiptaḥ sauhṛdādayam| tamimaṃ pālayiṣyāmi rāghavāgamanaṃ prati||

English Meaning

This kingdom from love has been conferred on me as a trust; therefore I shall govern it until Rāghava comes.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)