Chapter 9 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 9.2

पितर्युपरते तस्मिज्येष्ठोऽयमिति मन्त्रिभिः। कपीनामीश्वरो राज्ये कृतः परमसम्मतः॥

pitaryuparate tasmijyeṣṭho'yamiti mantribhiḥ| kapīnāmīśvaro rājye kṛtaḥ paramasammataḥ||

English Meaning

At the death of our father, the counsellors, saying,-This is the eldest son', made him, who was well loved (of all), lord of the monkeys in the kingdom.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)