Chapter 1 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 1.59

अहमिक्ष्वाकुनाथेन सगरेण विवर्धितः। इक्ष्वाकुसचिवश्चायं तन्नार्हत्यवसादितुम्॥

ahamikṣvākunāthena sagareṇa vivardhitaḥ| ikṣvākusacivaścāyaṃ tannārhatyavasāditum||

English Meaning

Reared I have been by Sagara, the foremost of the race of the Ikşvākus and this monkey is their counsellor. It therefore dose not behove me to tire him out.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)