Chapter 58 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 58

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 58.18

अतिक्रान्तवया राजा मा स्मैनं व्यपरोरुधः। कुमारराज्ये जीवस्व तस्यैवाज्ञाप्रवर्तनात्॥

atikrāntavayā rājā mā smainaṃ vyaparorudhaḥ| kumārarājye jīvasva tasyaivājñāpravartanāt||

English Meaning

Do you not deprive the king of authority, as he has grown old. O Prince, do you grant him satisfaction in the kingdom and do you proclaim his mandates.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)