Chapter 72 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 72

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 72.29

पिता हि भवति ज्येष्ठो धर्ममार्यस्य जानतः। तस्य पादौ ग्रहीष्यामि स हीदानी गतिर्मम ॥

pitā hi bhavati jyeṣṭho dharmamāryasya jānataḥ| tasya pādau grahīṣyāmi sa hīdānī gatirmama ||

English Meaning

The eldest brother of one that is noble and cognisant of morality, becomes his father. I shall take hold of his feet: he is now my refuge.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)