Chapter 45 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 45

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 45.8

स हि राजगुणैर्युक्तो युवराजः समीक्षितः। अपि चापि मया शिष्टैः कार्यं वो भर्तृशासनम्॥

sa hi rājaguṇairyukto yuvarājaḥ samīkṣitaḥ| api cāpi mayā śiṣṭaiḥ kāryaṃ vo bhartṛśāsanam||

English Meaning

Crowned with every regal virtue and selected as the heir-apparent (by the monarch), he is more meritorious by far than I am. I behove you to obey the order of your master.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)