Chapter 67 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 67

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 67.28

यथा दृष्टिः शरीरस्य नित्यमेव प्रवर्तते। तथा नरेन्द्रो राष्ट्रस्य प्रभवः सत्यधर्मयोः॥

yathā dṛṣṭiḥ śarīrasya nityameva pravartate| tathā narendro rāṣṭrasya prabhavaḥ satyadharmayoḥ||

English Meaning

As the sight is engaged in the welfare of the body, the king, that fountain of truth and religion, is engaged in compassing the good of the kingdom.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)