Chapter 44 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 44

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 44.17

भवन्तो मम सर्वस्वं भवन्तो जीवितं मम। भवद्भिश्च कृतं राज्यं पालयामि नरेश्वराः॥ भवन्तः कृतशास्त्रार्था बुद्ध्या च परिनिष्ठिताः। संभूय च मदर्थोऽयमन्वेष्टव्यो नरेश्वराः॥

bhavanto mama sarvasvaṃ bhavanto jīvitaṃ mama| bhavadbhiśca kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ pālayāmi nareśvarāḥ|| bhavantaḥ kṛtaśāstrārthā buddhyā ca pariniṣṭhitāḥ| saṃbhūya ca madartho'yamanveṣṭavyo nareśvarāḥ||

English Meaning

"You are mine all; you constitute my life; O princes, I am governing the kingdom gained by you; you are all learned, pious and intelligent. Do you follow the duties I point out."

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)