Chapter 79 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 79

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 79.13

एवं ते भाषमाणस्य पद्मा श्रीरुपतिष्ठताम्। यस्त्वं ज्येष्ठे नृपसुते पृथिवीं दातुमिच्छसि ॥

evaṃ te bhāṣamāṇasya padmā śrīrupatiṣṭhatām| yastvaṃ jyeṣṭhe nṛpasute pṛthivīṃ dātumicchasi ||

English Meaning

For saying this, may Lakşmi seated on the lotus remain at they side; inasmuch you wish to confer the earth on the eldest son of the monarch!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)