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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 67 Shloka 36
Original Shloka
अहो तम इवेदं स्यान्नप्रज्ञायेत किञ्चन। राजा चे न्न भवे ल्लोके विभज साध्वसाधुनी।।2.67.36।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

अहो how great, राजा a king, साध्वसाधुनी good and evil actions, विभजन् showing the distinction, लोके in the world, न भवेद्यदि if it were not to happen, इदम् this, तमः स्यात् would be darkness, किञ्चन even a little, न प्रज्ञायेत could not have been known.

English Commentary

If the king did not show the distinction between the good and evil actions, this world would have been enveloped by darkness. Nothing could have been seen. How great (is the king)?