Chapter 1 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 1.2

स तत्र न्यवसद् भ्रात्रा सह सत्कारसत्कृतः। मातुलेनाश्वपतिना पुत्रस्नेहेन लालितः॥

sa tatra nyavasad bhrātrā saha satkārasatkṛtaḥ| mātulenāśvapatinā putrasnehena lālitaḥ||

English Meaning

And there he abode with his brother, being ministered to in very respect and tended by his maternal uncle, Aśvapati, with all the fondness of a father (with the fondness shown to a son).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)