Chapter 2 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 2.17

अनेकवर्षसाहस्रो वृद्धस्त्वमसि पार्थिव। स रामं युवराजानमभिषिञ्चस्व पार्थिवम्॥

anekavarṣasāhasro vṛddhastvamasi pārthiva| sa rāmaṃ yuvarājānamabhiṣiñcasva pārthivam||

English Meaning

O king, being many thousand years old, you have become aged. Do you then install Rāma as the heir-apparent to the throne.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)