Chapter 65 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 65

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 65.19

भवान् कलत्रमस्माकं स्वाभिभावे व्यवस्थितः। स्वामी कलत्रं सैन्यस्य गतिरेषा परंतप॥

bhavān kalatramasmākaṃ svābhibhāve vyavasthitaḥ| svāmī kalatraṃ sainyasya gatireṣā paraṃtapa||

English Meaning

You are our spouse, and (at the same time) occuying the position of our husband. The master is the spouse if the army. This is the way of the world.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)