Chapter 9 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 9.27

चतुर्दश हि वर्षाणि रामे प्रवाजिते वनम्। रूढश्च कृतमूलश्च शेषं स्थास्यति ते सुतः॥

caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi rāme pravājite vanam| rūḍhaśca kṛtamūlaśca śeṣaṃ sthāsyati te sutaḥ||

English Meaning

And Rāma having been banished for fourteen years, your son growing (in the interval) firm and fast, will remain (on the throne) during the rest of his life.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)