Chapter 108 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 108

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 108.14

शासितश्च सखित्वेन कार्य ते मम शासनम्। प्रजाः संरक्ष धर्मेण नोत्तरं वक्तुमर्हसि॥ किंचान्यद्वक्तुमिच्छामि राक्षसेन्द्र महाबल। आराधय जगत्राथमिक्ष्वाकुकुलदैवतम्॥ आराधनीयमनिशं देवेरपि सवासवैः। तथेति प्रतिजग्राह रामवाक्यं बिभीषणः। राजा राक्षसमुख्यानां राघवाज्ञामनुस्मरन्।२८॥

śāsitaśca sakhitvena kārya te mama śāsanam| prajāḥ saṃrakṣa dharmeṇa nottaraṃ vaktumarhasi|| kiṃcānyadvaktumicchāmi rākṣasendra mahābala| ārādhaya jagatrāthamikṣvākukuladaivatam|| ārādhanīyamaniśaṃ deverapi savāsavaiḥ| tatheti pratijagrāha rāmavākyaṃ bibhīṣaṇaḥ| rājā rākṣasamukhyānāṃ rāghavājñāmanusmaran|28||

English Meaning

You did, out of friendship, carry out my behests and perform my works. Do you piously govern your subjects. I should not speak any thing else. What shall I say more to you, O highly powerful lord of Rakşasas. Worshhip Jagannath (the lord of the world), the presiding deity of the Ikşvāku race.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)