Chapter 2 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 2.7

राजप्रभावजुष्टां च दुर्वहामजितेन्द्रियैः। परिश्रान्तोऽस्मि लोकस्य गुर्वी धर्मधुरं वहन्॥

rājaprabhāvajuṣṭāṃ ca durvahāmajitendriyaiḥ| pariśrānto'smi lokasya gurvī dharmadhuraṃ vahan||

English Meaning

Bearing in the interests of the people the heavy burden of duty, incapable of being borne by even those that have controlled their senses, and requiring (in the bearer) right royal qualities, I have become fatigued.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)