तस्माज्ज्येष्ठे हि कैकैयि राज्यतन्त्राणि पार्थिवाः। स्थापयन्त्यनवद्याङ्गि गुणवत्स्वितरेष्वपि॥
tasmājjyeṣṭhe hi kaikaiyi rājyatantrāṇi pārthivāḥ| sthāpayantyanavadyāṅgi guṇavatsvitareṣvapi||
English Meaning
Therefore it is that kings, O Kaikeyi, lay the task of Government on the eldest son if worthy, or else upon a younger most meritorious.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)