Chapter 72 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 72

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 72.12

नावसीदन्ति राजानो विप्रवासेषु राघव। प्रजा हि परिपाल्या हि क्षत्रधर्मेण राघव॥

nāvasīdanti rājāno vipravāseṣu rāghava| prajā hi paripālyā hi kṣatradharmeṇa rāghava||

English Meaning

The kings, O Raghava, are never tired of living in a foreign land. According to the morality of the Kșatriyas, their greatest duty consists in governing the subjects.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)