Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.56

किं मां वक्ष्यन्ति राजानो नानादिग्भ्यः समागताः॥ बालो बतायमैक्ष्वाकश्चिरं राज्यमकारयत्।

kiṃ māṃ vakṣyanti rājāno nānādigbhyaḥ samāgatāḥ|| bālo batāyamaikṣvākaściraṃ rājyamakārayat|

English Meaning

And what will the monarchs coming from various quarters say concerning me, “Alas! how has this puerile descendant of Ikşvāku reigned so long?"

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)