Chapter 67 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 67

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 67.29

राजा सत्यं च धर्मश्च राजा कुलवतां कुलम्। राजा माता पिता चैव राजा हितकारो नृणाम्॥

rājā satyaṃ ca dharmaśca rājā kulavatāṃ kulam| rājā mātā pitā caiva rājā hitakāro nṛṇām||

English Meaning

The king is truth, the king is morality, the king is the racial dignity of those possessed of the same, the king is the father, the king is the ON 68 RĀMĀYAŅAM mother, the king compasses the welfare of men.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)