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)