Chapter 81 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 81

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 81.6

तस्यैषा धर्मराजस्य धर्ममूला महात्मनः। परिभ्रमति राजश्रीनौरिवाकर्णिका जले॥

tasyaiṣā dharmarājasya dharmamūlā mahātmanaḥ| paribhramati rājaśrīnaurivākarṇikā jale||

English Meaning

The royal grace founded in righteousness of that magnanimous and virtuous monarch is wandering even like a boat on water having no helmsman.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)