Chapter 36 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 36.20

तं दृष्ट्वा नागराः सर्वे क्रुद्धा राजानमब्रुवन्। असमजं वृणीष्वैकमस्मान् वा राष्ट्रवर्धन॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā nāgarāḥ sarve kruddhā rājānamabruvan| asamajaṃ vṛṇīṣvaikamasmān vā rāṣṭravardhana||

English Meaning

Seeing him do so, the citizens in a body, waxing wroth spoke to the monarch, 'O enhancer of the kingdom's prosperity, do you either banish Asamañja or us.'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)