Chapter 6 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 6

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 6.18

चिरं जीवतु धर्मात्मा राजा दशरथोऽनघः। यत्प्रसादेनाभिषिक्तं रामं द्रक्ष्यामहे वयम्॥

ciraṃ jīvatu dharmātmā rājā daśaratho'naghaḥ| yatprasādenābhiṣiktaṃ rāmaṃ drakṣyāmahe vayam||

English Meaning

May the sinless and pious king Dasaratha live long; for it is through his grace that we shall behold Rāma installed.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)