Chapter 35 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 35

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 35.24

नैवं भव गृहाणेदं यदाह वसुधाधिपः। भर्तुरिच्छामुपास्येह जनस्यास्य गतिर्भव॥

naivaṃ bhava gṛhāṇedaṃ yadāha vasudhādhipaḥ| bharturicchāmupāsyeha janasyāsya gatirbhava||

English Meaning

Do not be so, do you even accept what the lord of earth says. Doing the will of your lord, do you become the refuge of us all.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)