Chapter 18 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 18.9

ते वयं मार्गविभ्रष्ट स्वधर्मे परमे स्थिताः। भरताज्ञा पुरस्कृत्य चिन्तयामो यथाविधि ॥

te vayaṃ mārgavibhraṣṭa svadharme parame sthitāḥ| bharatājñā puraskṛtya cintayāmo yathāvidhi ||

English Meaning

Stationed in the excellent virtue of our own and placing Bharata's commandments on our heads, we shall consider how we shall punish them who go astray (from the path of virtue).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)