Chapter 78 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 78

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 78.5

ततः पितरि स्वर्याते पौरा मामभ्यषेचयन्। तत्राहं कृतवान्राज्यं धयं च सुसमाहितः॥ एवं वर्षसहस्राणि समतीतानि सुव्रत। राज्यं कारयतो ब्रह्मन्प्रजा धर्मेण रक्षतः॥

tataḥ pitari svaryāte paurā māmabhyaṣecayan| tatrāhaṃ kṛtavānrājyaṃ dhayaṃ ca susamāhitaḥ|| evaṃ varṣasahasrāṇi samatītāni suvrata| rājyaṃ kārayato brahmanprajā dharmeṇa rakṣataḥ||

English Meaning

After the decease of my sire the subjects installed me on the throne and I governed them piously and carefully for a thousand years.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)