Chapter 58 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 58

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 58.26

सर्वलोकप्रियं त्यक्त्वा सर्वलोकहिते रते। सर्वलोकोऽनुरज्येत कथं चानेन कर्मणा॥

sarvalokapriyaṃ tyaktvā sarvalokahite rate| sarvaloko'nurajyeta kathaṃ cānena karmaṇā||

English Meaning

Renouncing one that is universally dear, and that is ever engaged in the good of all, how by such an act will the king please the people?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)