Chapter 18 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 18.21

भरतस्तु महीपालो वयं त्वादेशवर्तिनः॥ त्वं च धर्मादतिक्रान्तः कथं शक्यमुपेक्षितुम्।

bharatastu mahīpālo vayaṃ tvādeśavartinaḥ|| tvaṃ ca dharmādatikrāntaḥ kathaṃ śakyamupekṣitum|

English Meaning

This is Bharata's commandment-the lord of earth, and we have been satisfying his orders. You have disregarded virtue.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)