Chapter 18 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 18.8

तस्मिन् नृपतिशार्दूले भरते धर्मवत्सले। पालयत्यखिलां पृथ्वी कश्चरेद् धर्मविप्रियम्॥

tasmin nṛpatiśārdūle bharate dharmavatsale| pālayatyakhilāṃ pṛthvī kaścared dharmavipriyam||

English Meaning

That foremost of monarchs, Bharatalover of virtue, governing this entire earth, who dares perpetrate an iniquity.?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)