Chapter 2 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 2.10

तं चन्द्रमिव पुष्येण युक्तं धर्मभृतां वरम्। यौवराज्ये नियोक्तास्मि प्रातः पुरुषपुङ्गवम्॥

taṃ candramiva puṣyeṇa yuktaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ varam| yauvarājye niyoktāsmi prātaḥ puruṣapuṅgavam||

English Meaning

Him, like to the moon while in conjunction with the Puşya constellation, the foremost of those maintaining righteousness, the chief of men, will I, in the morning with a delighted heart, install as the heir-apparent to the throne.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)