Chapter 99 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 99

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 99.22

यः संसदि प्रकृतिभिर्भवेद् युक्त उपासितुम्। वन्यैर्मृगैरुपासीनः सोऽयमास्ते ममाग्रजः॥

yaḥ saṃsadi prakṛtibhirbhaved yukta upāsitum| vanyairmṛgairupāsīnaḥ so'yamāste mamāgrajaḥ||

English Meaning

That elder brother of mine, who (seated) in court should be surrounded by the subjects intent upon paying him homage, is now surrounded by wild deer.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)