Rāmāyaṇacampū 2.28_3

2.28_3

There the son of Sumitrā, his fury excessively aroused, spoke thus to his elder brother, who was an equal of Indra:
"Noble brother, it is an improper act to abandon the kingdom and wander in the forest on the words of Kaikeyī, who deserves the censure of the world, and on the words that slipped out through the weakness of intellect of the king, who has been rendered dumb to discrimination between what is proper and improper to do because his mind has been overpowered by passion and old age.
For was not the earth already given to you first by our father without your even asking for it?
The duty of the kṣatriya, too, even if straying from the path of righteousness, generally leads a man to the highest good through the protection of the classes and stages of life.