Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 53: Rāma Requests Lakṣmaṇa to Return to Ayodhyā
Text 2.53.12
स हि सर्वस्य राज्यस्य मुखमेकं भविष्यति।
ताते च वयसातीते मयि चारण्यमस्थिते॥
sa hi sarvasya rājyasya mukham ekaṁ bhaviṣyati
tāte ca vayasātīte mayi cāraṇyam āsthite
saḥ hi = He; sarvasya = of the entire; rājyasya = kingdom; mukham ekam = the unrivalled chief person; bhaviṣyati = will become; tāte ca = when Our father; vayasā atīte = becomes very old; mayi ca araṇyam āsthite = and when I am in the forest.
He will become the unrivalled chief person of the entire kingdom when Our father becomes very old and when I am in the forest.1
1 Technical note: vayasā atīte ativayaske sati ity arthaḥ.