Chapter 101 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 101

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 101.8

तथानुपूर्व्या युक्तश्च युक्तं चात्मनि मानद। राज्यं प्राप्नुहि धर्मेण सकामान् सुहृदः कुरु॥

tathānupūrvyā yuktaśca yuktaṃ cātmani mānada| rājyaṃ prāpnuhi dharmeṇa sakāmān suhṛdaḥ kuru||

English Meaning

You are the first-born; and meet it is that you should get yourself installed, O bestower of honour. Therefore do you receive the kingdom righteously and fulfil the desire of your friends.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)