Chapter 55 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 55.9

स पुत्रमेकं राज्याय पालयेति नियुज्य च। पृथिवीं क्षत्रधर्मेण वनमेवाभ्यपद्यत॥

sa putramekaṃ rājyāya pālayeti niyujya ca| pṛthivīṃ kṣatradharmeṇa vanamevābhyapadyata||

English Meaning

Then entrusting one of his (remaining) sons with the sovereignty, with, 'Do you rule the earth agree ably to the duties of the Kșatriya,' he went into the forest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)