Ayodhya Kanda 110.35
Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Ayodhya Kanda 110 · Verse 35
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इक्ष्वाकूणां हि सर्वेषां राजा भवति पूर्वजः। पूर्वजे नापरः पुत्रो ज्येष्ठो राज्येऽभिषिच्यते।।
ikṣvākūṇāṅ hi sarvēṣāṅ rājā bhavati pūrvajaḥ. pūrvajē nāparaḥ putrō jyēṣṭhō rājyē.bhiṣicyatē৷৷
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In the line of the Ikshvakus, only the eldest son becomes king. When the eldest is living, a youger son cannot become the king. The eldest son alone is consecrated in the kingdom.