Chapter 24 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 24.20

यथा मयि तु निष्क्रान्ते पुत्रशोकेन पार्थिवः॥ श्रमं नावाप्नुयात् किंचिदप्रमत्ता तथा कुरु। दारुणश्चाप्ययं शोको यथैनं न विनाशयेत्॥ राज्ञो वृद्धस्य सततं हितं चर समाहिता।

yathā mayi tu niṣkrānte putraśokena pārthivaḥ|| śramaṃ nāvāpnuyāt kiṃcidapramattā tathā kuru| dāruṇaścāpyayaṃ śoko yathainaṃ na vināśayet|| rājño vṛddhasya satataṃ hitaṃ cara samāhitā|

English Meaning

Do you now take care that on my retiring the monarch does not wear away by the pangs of my separation, that this terrible sorrow may not kill him. Do you look after the welfare of the old king always.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)