Chapter 18 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 18.8

अस्ति सूक्ष्मतरं किंचिद्यथात्र प्रतिभाति मा। प्रत्यक्षं लौकिकं चापि वर्तते सर्वराजसु॥

asti sūkṣmataraṃ kiṃcidyathātra pratibhāti mā| pratyakṣaṃ laukikaṃ cāpi vartate sarvarājasu||

English Meaning

There appear to me, however two subtler reasons anent the difference between brothers, among the kings-one is evident and another mundane.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)