Chapter 57 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 57.14

इक्ष्वाकूणां हि सर्वेषां पुरोधाः परमा गतिः। तस्मादनन्तरं सर्वं भवन्तो दैवतं मम ॥

ikṣvākūṇāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ purodhāḥ paramā gatiḥ| tasmādanantaraṃ sarvaṃ bhavanto daivataṃ mama ||

English Meaning

To the Ikşvākus, their preceptor is their prime way. Therefore after him (Vasistha), even you are the objects of my adoration.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)