Chapter 58 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 58

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 58.17

वक्तव्यश्च महाबाहुरिक्ष्वाकुकुलनन्दनः। पितरं यौवराज्यस्थो राज्यस्थमनुपालय॥

vaktavyaśca mahābāhurikṣvākukulanandanaḥ| pitaraṃ yauvarājyastho rājyasthamanupālaya||

English Meaning

And to that delight of the Ikṣvāku line do you further say, Having been installed as the heirapparent, be you, looking upon the king as the supreme authority in the state, obedient to him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)