Chapter 67 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 67

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 67.8

राजा त्वं मानुषे लोके न तावत्पुरुषर्षभ। अकृत्वा पृथिवीं वश्यां देवराज्यमिहेच्छसि॥

rājā tvaṃ mānuṣe loke na tāvatpuruṣarṣabha| akṛtvā pṛthivīṃ vaśyāṃ devarājyamihecchasi||

English Meaning

O foremost of men, even in the land of men, you have not been able to become the real king. Without perfectly subjugating the earth how do you wish to lord over the celestial kingdom?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)