Chapter 42 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 42.17

देव याचे ह संतत्यै नावसीदेत् कुलं च नः। इक्ष्वाकूणां कुले देव एष मेऽस्तु वरः परः॥

deva yāce ha saṃtatyai nāvasīdet kulaṃ ca naḥ| ikṣvākūṇāṃ kule deva eṣa me'stu varaḥ paraḥ||

English Meaning

And, O divine one, I beseech you, may our line never languish for want of offspring. May, O God, this prime boon light upon Iksvāku's race!

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)