Chapter 9 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 9.17

चतुर्दश हि वर्षाणि रामे प्रव्राजिते वनम्। प्रजाभावगतस्नेहः स्थिरः पुत्रो भविष्यति॥

caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi rāme pravrājite vanam| prajābhāvagatasnehaḥ sthiraḥ putro bhaviṣyati||

English Meaning

On Rāma having been banished into the woods for fourteen years, your son securing the affections of subjects, will be firmly established (on the throne).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)