Shloka 35
लोकसमुत्पत्ति-वर्णनम् तथा इक्ष्वाकुवंश-प्रशंसा
Cosmogony and Ikshvaku Genealogy as Counsel to Rama
इक्ष्वाकूणां हि सर्वेषां राजा भवति पूर्वजः।पूर्वजे नापरः पुत्रो ज्येष्ठो राज्येऽभिषिच्यते।।।।
ikṣvākūṇāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ rājā bhavati pūrvajaḥ |
pūrvaje nāparaḥ putro jyeṣṭho rājyebhiṣicyate ||
Unter allen Ikṣvākus wird der Erstgeborene König; solange der Älteste lebt, wird kein jüngerer Sohn zum Reich geweiht.
The son of Shankhana was the glorious Sudarshana, father of Agnivarna. Shighraga was the son of Agnivarna whose son was Maru. Maru's son was Prashushruva and to Prashushruva was born splendid Ambarisha. Nahusha of indisputable prowess was the son of Ambarisha whose son was the supremely righteous Nabhaga. Nabhaga had two sons, Aja and Suvrata and Aja's son was the righteous king Dasaratha.
FAQs
Maryādā (constitutional tradition): legitimate succession protects social order; dharma is upheld by honoring established norms of inheritance.
The speaker justifies Rāma’s claim by citing the ancestral rule of succession in the Ikṣvāku dynasty.
Respect for tradition and lawful order as a foundation for stable governance.