Chapter 42 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 42.2

यावद् राजा प्रियं पुत्रं पश्यत्यत्यन्तधार्मिकम्। तावद् व्यवर्धतेवास्य धरण्यां पुत्रदर्शने॥

yāvad rājā priyaṃ putraṃ paśyatyatyantadhārmikam| tāvad vyavardhatevāsya dharaṇyāṃ putradarśane||

English Meaning

And so long as the king could discover his exceedingly virtuous and favourite son, so long he raised himself (on his toes) on the earth with the view of beholding him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)