Chapter 2 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 2.44

राममिन्दीवरश्यामं सर्वशत्रुनिबर्हणम्। पश्यामो यौवराज्यस्थं तव राजोत्तमात्मजम्॥

rāmamindīvaraśyāmaṃ sarvaśatrunibarhaṇam| paśyāmo yauvarājyasthaṃ tava rājottamātmajam||

English Meaning

And we would behold the son of the foremost of monarchs, the foe-destroying. Rāma dark-blue like a lotus, installed as the heir-apparent to the kingdom.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)