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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 67 Shloka 31
Original Shloka
नाराजके जनपदे स्वकं भवति कस्यचित्। मत्स्या इव नरा नित्यं भक्षयन्ति परस्परम्।।2.67.31।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

अराजके where there is no king, जनपदे in the country, कस्य चित् for any one, स्वकम् as his own, न भवति does not exist, नराः men, मत्स्याः इव like fish, नित्यम् ceaselessly, परस्परम् one another, भक्षयन्ति devour.

English Commentary

In a country where there is no king, no one can own anything and, like fish, people devour one another ceaselessly.