सततं राजपुत्रेषु ज्येष्ठो राजाभिषिच्यते। राज्ञामेतत् समं तत् स्यादिक्ष्वाकूणां विशेषतः॥
satataṃ rājaputreṣu jyeṣṭho rājābhiṣicyate| rājñāmetat samaṃ tat syādikṣvākūṇāṃ viśeṣataḥ||
English Meaning
Of all the princes, the eldest is always installed as the king. Even this is the accepted principle of all sovereigns, specially the descendants of Ikşvāku.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)