Chapter 58 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 58

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 58.27

सर्वप्रजाभिरामं हि रामं प्रव्रज्य धार्मिकम्। सर्वलोकविरोधेन कथं राजा भविष्यति ॥

sarvaprajābhirāmaṃ hi rāmaṃ pravrajya dhārmikam| sarvalokavirodhena kathaṃ rājā bhaviṣyati ||

English Meaning

How by banishing the righteous Rāma dear to all the subjects, and thus withstanding the wishes of all, will he retain his royalty?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)