Chapter 16 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 16.35

लाभो जनस्यास्य यदेष सर्वं प्रपत्स्यते राष्ट्रमिदं चिराय। न ह्यप्रियं किंचन जातु कश्चित् पश्येन दुःखं मनुजाधिपेऽस्मिन्॥

lābho janasyāsya yadeṣa sarvaṃ prapatsyate rāṣṭramidaṃ cirāya| na hyapriyaṃ kiṃcana jātu kaścit paśyena duḥkhaṃ manujādhipe'smin||

English Meaning

It is a great gain to the subjects that he is going to get for ever the entire empire at once; he being the lord of the people no body shall witness any misfortune or unpleasant thing.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)