Verse 42·VR 4.18.42
तान् न हिंस्यात् न च आक्रोशेन् न आक्षिपेन् न अप्रियम् वदेत् | देवा मानुष रूपेण चरन्ति एते मही तले || ४-१८-४२
evam uktaH tu raameNa vaalii pravyathito bhR^isham |na doSham raaghave dadhyau dharme adhigata nishchayaH || 4-18-44
Translation
"They the kings are not to be harmed, also not to be reproved, not disparaged and nothing displeasing is spoken to them, as they are the divinities conducting themselves in human form on the plane of earth. [4-18-42]
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Rama's Elucidation of Dharma to Vali
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