Chapter 52 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 52.51

भृत्यवत्सल तिष्ठन्तं भर्तृपुत्रगते पथि। भक्तं भृत्यं स्थितं स्थित्या न मा त्वं हातुमर्हसि ॥

bhṛtyavatsala tiṣṭhantaṃ bhartṛputragate pathi| bhaktaṃ bhṛtyaṃ sthitaṃ sthityā na mā tvaṃ hātumarhasi ||

English Meaning

O you bearing affection towards your servants, it does not behove you to forsake your servant having regard for you, ever abiding by the way that is wended by the son of his master, and observing the duties of his position.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)