Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 16: Rāma Passes Through the Grand Road to Meet DaśarathaText 2.16.22
Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 16: Rāma Passes Through the Grand Road to Meet Daśaratha
Text 2.16.22
राज्यं द्विजातिभिर्जुष्टं राजसूयाभिषेचनम्।
कर्तुमर्हति ते राजा वासवस्येव लोककृत्॥
rājyaṁ dvi-jātibhir juṣṭaṁ rājasūyābhiṣecanam
kartum arhati te rājā vāsavasyeva lokakṛt
rājyam = the kingdom; dvi-jātibhiḥ = by the twice-born; juṣṭam = which is served; rājasūya-abhiṣecanam = and which requires You to be coronated like in the Rājasūya-yajña; kartum = give; arhati = should; te = You; rājā = the king; vāsavasya = [coronates] Indra; iva = just as; lokakṛt = the creator of the worlds Brahmā.
The king should give You the kingdom which is served by the twice-born and which requires You to be coronated in the Rājasūya-yajña just as the creator of the worlds Brahmā [coronates] Indra.