Chapter 7 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 7.18

नराधिपकुले जाता महिषी त्वं महीपतेः। उग्रत्वं राजधर्माणां कथं देवि न बुध्यसे ॥

narādhipakule jātā mahiṣī tvaṃ mahīpateḥ| ugratvaṃ rājadharmāṇāṃ kathaṃ devi na budhyase ||

English Meaning

Born in a race of king you are the queen of this lord of earth. Why did not you then realise the sternness of royal morality.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)