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)