Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 5, Shloka 10
अभिषेकोपवास-आदेशः
Coronation Preparations and the Fast Enjoined
प्रातस्त्वामभिषेक्ता हि यौवराज्ये नराधिपः।पिता दशरथः प्रीत्या ययातिं नहुषो यथा।।।।
prātas tvām abhiṣektā hi yauvarājye narādhipaḥ |
pitā daśarathaḥ prītyā yayātiṃ nahuṣo yathā ||
အမှန်တကယ် မနက်ဖြန် မိုးလင်းစောစောတွင် သင်၏ဖခင် ဒဿရထ မင်းကြီးသည် ပီတိမေတ္တာဖြင့် သင့်ကို ယုဝရာဇ (အိမ်ရှေ့မင်း) အဖြစ် အဘိသေက ချီးမြှောက်မည်—နဟုသ မင်းက ယယာတိကို ချီးမြှောက်သကဲ့သို့။
Your father, king Dasaratha, will be pleased to coronate you as heir-apparent early tomorrow morning as Nahusa did (to his son) Yayati.
FAQs
Legitimate succession is framed as dharmic when performed publicly and ritually, guided by precedent (itihāsa/purāṇic exemplars) and affectionate responsibility.
Vasiṣṭha informs Rāma of the imminent consecration as heir-apparent, citing an ancient royal precedent to validate the act.
Daśaratha’s affection (prīti) and intent to honor Rāma formally; also Rāma’s worthiness implied by the planned consecration.