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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.1.33

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 1: Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir. With Bharata & Śatrughna in Kekaya, Daśaratha weighs Rāma’s fitness to rule and summons an assembly

In the sequence: Daśaratha privately considers Rāma's qualifications and the people's affection for him, judging him even better fitted to rule than himself

2.1.33

mahīm aham imāṃ kṛtsnām adhitiṣṭhantam ātmajam
anena vayasā dṛṣṭvā yathā svargam avāpnuyām

Having seen my son, at this (my present) age, ruling over this whole earth, may I thereby attain heaven.”

Words: mahīm — the earth; aham — I; imāṃ — this; kṛtsnām — whole, entire; adhitiṣṭhantam — ruling over, standing upon; ātmajam — the son; anena vayasā — at this age; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; yathā — so that, in order that; svargam — heaven; avāpnuyām — may I attain

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.