Chapter 11 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 11.32

सुदृष्टां कुरु किष्किन्धां कुरुष्वात्मसमं पुरे। क्रीडस्व च समं स्त्रीभिरहं ते दर्पशासनः॥

sudṛṣṭāṃ kuru kiṣkindhāṃ kuruṣvātmasamaṃ pure| krīḍasva ca samaṃ strībhirahaṃ te darpaśāsanaḥ||

English Meaning

Do you survey Kişkindhã and make your children kings. And do you enjoy with your wives-it is me that shall crush down your pride.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)