Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.15

स मे ज्येष्ठसुतः श्रीमान् धर्मज्येष्ठ इतीव मे। तत् त्वया प्रियवादिन्या सेवार्थं कथितं भवेत्॥

sa me jyeṣṭhasutaḥ śrīmān dharmajyeṣṭha itīva me| tat tvayā priyavādinyā sevārthaṃ kathitaṃ bhavet||

English Meaning

That blessed one is my eldest son, and the most righteous of them all even this, with the view of pleasing me, you sweet speeched one had said.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)