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)