Chapter 118 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 118

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 118.48

ततः श्वशुरमामन्त्र्य वृद्धं दशरथं नृपम्। मम पित्रा त्वहं दत्ता रामाय विदितात्मने॥

tataḥ śvaśuramāmantrya vṛddhaṃ daśarathaṃ nṛpam| mama pitrā tvahaṃ dattā rāmāya viditātmane||

English Meaning

And inviting my father-in-law, the old king Dasaratha, my father bestowed me on Rāma having knowledge of self.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)