Chapter 8 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 8.14

भ्रातृन्भृत्याश्च दीर्घायुः पितृवत्पालयिष्यति। संतप्यसे कथं कुब्ने श्रुत्वा रामाभिषेचनम्॥

bhrātṛnbhṛtyāśca dīrghāyuḥ pitṛvatpālayiṣyati| saṃtapyase kathaṃ kubne śrutvā rāmābhiṣecanam||

English Meaning

That long-lived one shall maintain his brothers and his retainers even like a father. Why then, O hump-backed one, do you grieve, hearing Rāma's installation.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)