Chapter 24 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 24.11

यावज्जीवति काकुत्थः पिता मे जगतीपतिः। शुश्रूषा क्रियतां तावत् स हि धर्मः सनातनः॥

yāvajjīvati kākutthaḥ pitā me jagatīpatiḥ| śuśrūṣā kriyatāṃ tāvat sa hi dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ||

English Meaning

Do you serve this descendant of Kākutstha, my father, and the lord of the earth as long as he lives, know you this to be the eternal virtue

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)