Chapter 2 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 2.3

सोऽहमिक्ष्वाकुभिः सर्वैनरेन्द्रैः प्रतिपालितम्। श्रेयसा योक्तुमिच्छामि सुखार्हमखिलं जगत्॥

so'hamikṣvākubhiḥ sarvainarendraiḥ pratipālitam| śreyasā yoktumicchāmi sukhārhamakhilaṃ jagat||

English Meaning

Now it is my intention to bring welfare to this entire earth worthy of being rendered happy, which had been governed by all those sovereigns, Ikşvāku and the rest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)