Chapter 67 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 67

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 67.8

अराजके धनं नास्ति नास्ति भार्याप्यराजके। इदमत्याहितं चान्यत् कुतः सत्यमराजके॥

arājake dhanaṃ nāsti nāsti bhāryāpyarājake| idamatyāhitaṃ cānyat kutaḥ satyamarājake||

English Meaning

A kingless kingdom possesses no wealth, and wives are hard to keep in such a place. This great fear attends a kingless country. And where is other morality (besides that detailed above) to be found at such a place?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)