अयोध्याकाण्डे चतुर्थः सर्गः
Rāma Summoned; Pushya Coronation Decision
जातमिष्टमपत्यं मे त्वमद्यानुपमं भुवि।दत्तमिष्टमधीतं च मया पुरुषसत्तम।।2.4.13।।
jātam iṣṭam apatyaṃ me tvam adyānupamaṃ bhuvi | dattam iṣṭam adhītaṃ ca mayā puruṣasattama || 2.4.13 ||
“اے مردوں میں برتر! آج تیرے اندر مجھے وہ محبوب فرزند ملا جس کی میں نے آرزو کی تھی—روئے زمین پر بے مثال۔ میں نے دان دیے، یَجْن کیے، اور ویدوں کا مقدس اَدھیَن بھی کیا ہے۔”
O best of men! I have obtained now a progeny of my liking in you and you have no equal on earth. I have given gifts, performed rituals and also studied (the Vedas) .
It connects dharma to completeness of duty: charity, sacrifice, and learning culminate in producing a worthy successor who upholds righteousness.
Daśaratha expresses fulfillment—both in having Rāma as his ideal son and in having completed key religious and social obligations.
Recognition of merit and lineage-responsibility—valuing a successor fit to carry dharma forward.