Chapter 2 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 2.21

कथं नु मयि धर्मेण पृथिवीमनुशासति। भवन्तो द्रष्टुमिच्छन्ति युवराजं महाबलम्॥

kathaṃ nu mayi dharmeṇa pṛthivīmanuśāsati| bhavanto draṣṭumicchanti yuvarājaṃ mahābalam||

English Meaning

Why, while I am righteously governing the earth, do you wish to see the highly powerful Rāma as the heir-apparent?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)