Chapter 67 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 67

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 67.32

स नः समीक्ष्य द्विजवर्य वृत्तं नृपं विना राष्ट्रमरण्यभूतम्। कुमारमिक्ष्वाकुसुतं तथान्यं त्वमेव राजानमिहाभिषेचय॥

sa naḥ samīkṣya dvijavarya vṛttaṃ nṛpaṃ vinā rāṣṭramaraṇyabhūtam| kumāramikṣvākusutaṃ tathānyaṃ tvameva rājānamihābhiṣecaya||

English Meaning

Do you, O best of Brāhmaṇas, beholding our acts rendered nugatory, and this empire became a wilderness for want of a king, install that descendant of Ikşvāku or any other as king of this realm.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)