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)