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)