Chapter 73 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 73.21

न हि मन्ये नृशंसे त्वं राजधर्ममवेक्षसे। गतिं वा न विजानासि राजवृत्तस्य शाश्वतीम्॥

na hi manye nṛśaṃse tvaṃ rājadharmamavekṣase| gatiṃ vā na vijānāsi rājavṛttasya śāśvatīm||

English Meaning

O fell one, you did not, I think, know the morality of kings, or the consequence that attends its faithful observance.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)