Chapter 9 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 9.3

राज्यं प्रशासतस्तस्य पितृपैतामहं महत्। अहं सर्वेषु कालेषु प्रणतः प्रेष्यवत् स्थितः॥

rājyaṃ praśāsatastasya pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat| ahaṃ sarveṣu kāleṣu praṇataḥ preṣyavat sthitaḥ||

English Meaning

While he was governing the kingdom which had belonged to his father and grand-father, I, at all times, in humiliation, remained like a servant.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)