Chapter 59 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 59.47

राजा कर्ता च गोप्ता च सर्वस्य जगतः पिता। राजा कालो युगं चैव राजा सर्वमिदं जगत्॥

rājā kartā ca goptā ca sarvasya jagataḥ pitā| rājā kālo yugaṃ caiva rājā sarvamidaṃ jagat||

English Meaning

The king is the lord and father of the whole universe. He is time, he is Yuga and he is the creation, mobile and immobile.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)