Valmiki Ramayana 2.110.32 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 110, Shloka 32
लोकसमुत्पत्ति-वर्णनम् तथा इक्ष्वाकुवंश-प्रशंसा
Cosmogony and Ikshvaku Genealogy as Counsel to Rama
शङ्खणस्य च पुत्रोऽभूच्छूर श्रीमान्सुदर्शनः।सुदर्शनस्याग्निवर्णः अग्निवर्णस्य शीघ्रगः।।2.110.30।।शीघ्रगस्य मरुः पुत्रो मरोः पुत्रः प्रशुश्रुवः।प्रशुश्रुवस्य पुत्रोभूदम्बरीषो महाद्युतिः।।2.110.31।।अम्बरीषस्य पुत्रोभून्नहुषः सत्यविक्रमः।नहुषस्य च नाभागः पुत्रः परमधार्मिकः।।2.110.32।।अजश्च सुव्रतश्चैव नाभागस्य सुतावुभौ।अजस्यैव च धर्मात्मा राजा दशरथस्सुतः।।2.110.33।।
ikṣvākūṇāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ rājā bhavati pūrvajaḥ |
pūrvaje nāparaḥ putro jyeṣṭho rājyebhiṣicyate ||
イクシュヴァーク族のすべてにおいて、王となるのは長子である。長子が存命のうちは、弟が王位に灌頂されることはない。
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.
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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.
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