Chapter 45 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 45

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 45.10

यथा यथा दाशरथिधर्ममेवाश्रितो भवेत्। तथा तथा प्रकृतयो रामं पतिमकामयन्॥

yathā yathā dāśarathidharmamevāśrito bhavet| tathā tathā prakṛtayo rāmaṃ patimakāmayan||

English Meaning

But as Daśaratha's son was bringing home to the people that their duty lay in obeying the royal Mandata, they desried that even Rāma should rule them.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)