यथावयो हि राज्यानि प्राप्नुवन्ति नृपक्षये। इक्ष्वाकुकुलनाथेऽस्मिस्तं लोपयितुमिच्छसि।।।
yathāvayo hi rājyāni prāpnuvanti nṛpakṣaye| ikṣvākukulanāthe'smistaṃ lopayitumicchasi|||
English Meaning
The princes will obtain the kingdom one after another according to age;, this custom it is your study to render nugatory even when the lord of the Ikşvāku race is still alive.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)