Chapter 18 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 18.4

इक्ष्वाकूणामियं भूमिः सशैलबनकानना। मृगपक्षिमनुष्याणां निग्रहानुग्रहेष्वपि॥

ikṣvākūṇāmiyaṃ bhūmiḥ saśailabanakānanā| mṛgapakṣimanuṣyāṇāṃ nigrahānugraheṣvapi||

English Meaning

This land, abounding in hills and woods, belongs to the lkşwakus. Along with it was conferred on them the power of administering favour and chastisement to beasts, birds and human beings.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)