Chapter 23 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 23.18

स चेद् राजन्यमेकाग्रे राज्यविभ्रमशङ्कया। नैवमिच्छसि धर्मात्मन् राज्यं राम त्वमात्मनि ॥

sa ced rājanyamekāgre rājyavibhramaśaṅkayā| naivamicchasi dharmātman rājyaṃ rāma tvamātmani ||

English Meaning

The monarch changing his mind, the kingdom shall be transferred into another's hands, do you, being afraid of this, want to fly as an exile to the forest? And is it for this, that you Oh virtuous souled Rāma, do not wish to have kingdom for you.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)