Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 111: Rāma Agrees to Accept the Throne After Returning to AyodhyāText 2.111.5
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Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 111: Rāma Agrees to Accept the Throne After Returning to Ayodhyā
Text 2.111.5
इमा हि ते परिषदः श्रेणयश्च द्विजास्तथा।
एषु तात चरन्धर्मं नातिवर्तेः सतां गतिम्॥
imā hi te pariṣadaḥ śreṇayaś ca dvijās tathā
eṣu tāta caran dharmaṁ nātivarteḥ satāṁ gatim
imāḥ hi = here; te = are related to You; pariṣadaḥ = the communities of brāhmaṇas; śreṇayaḥ ca = citizens; dvijāḥ = other twice-born; tathā = and; eṣu = to them; tāta = my child; caran = by fulfilling; dharmam = Your dhārmika duty; na ativarteḥ = You will not transgress; satām = of the predecessor saintly kings; gatim = the path.
The communities of brāhmaṇas, other twice-born and citizens here are related to You.1 My child, by fulfilling Your dhārmika duty to them, You will not transgress the path of the predecessor saintly kings.
1 Rāmāyaṇa-bhūṣaṇa: te tvat-sambandhinaḥ.
Dvijāḥ (“other twice-born”) refers to the kṣatriyas and vaiśyas.