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)