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)