इक्ष्वाकूणां हि सर्वेषां राजा भवति पूर्वजः। पूर्वजे नावरः पुत्रो ज्येष्ठो राजाऽभिषिच्यते॥
ikṣvākūṇāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ rājā bhavati pūrvajaḥ| pūrvaje nāvaraḥ putro jyeṣṭho rājā'bhiṣicyate||
English Meaning
Among the Ikșwākus, the first born becomes the sovereign. The first born existing, an inferior son cannot be installed in the kingdom.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)