अथ क्लेशज मेव त्वं धर्मं चरितु मिच्छसि। धर्मेण चतुरो वर्णान्पालयन् क्लेश माप्नुहि।।2.106.21।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset
English Translation
अथ or, त्वम् you, क्लेशजम् born of physical exertion, धर्ममेव righteousness, चरितुम् to follow, इच्छसि यदि if you desire, चतुरः four, वर्णान् castes of social order, धर्मेण righteously, पालयन् governing, क्लेशम् exhaustion, आप्नुहि obtain.
English Commentary
If you so desire to follow the path of dharma acquired out of physical exertion, then bear the trouble of governing the four castes of the social order righteously.