Chapter 53 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 53.6

पौरकार्याणि यो राजा न करोति दिने दिने। संवृते नरके घोरे पतितो नात्र संशयः॥

paurakāryāṇi yo rājā na karoti dine dine| saṃvṛte narake ghore patito nātra saṃśayaḥ||

English Meaning

For sooth do a king falls into the dreadful bell where the wind does not blow, who does not daily look into his state affairs.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)