किं समर्थे जनस्यास्य किं प्रियं किं सुखावहम्। इति रामेण नगरं पित्रेव परिपालितम्॥
kiṃ samarthe janasyāsya kiṃ priyaṃ kiṃ sukhāvaham| iti rāmeṇa nagaraṃ pitreva paripālitam||
English Meaning
What was necessary for this body? What was dear to them and what did they delight in?, (constantly revolving all this in his mind), Rāma ruled this city even as father.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)