Chapter 44 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 44

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 44.11

यस्येषुपथमासाद्य विनाशं यान्ति शत्रवः। कथं न पृथिवी तस्य शासने स्थातुमर्हति ॥

yasyeṣupathamāsādya vināśaṃ yānti śatravaḥ| kathaṃ na pṛthivī tasya śāsane sthātumarhati ||

English Meaning

And why should not the earth remain in the sway of him coming within the range of whose arms enemies find destruction?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)