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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.102.30

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 102: Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage. He traces the dynasty from creation through Ikṣvāku and Sagara, invoking its tradition of eldest succession

In the sequence: Vasiṣṭha concludes that Rāma, as Daśaratha's eldest heir, should preserve this family's succession rule and accept the Kingdom.

2.102.30

ikṣvākūṇāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ rājā bhavati pūrvajaḥ
pūrvajenāvaraḥ putro jyeṣṭho rājye 'bhiṣicyate

For among all the Ikṣvākus the firstborn becomes king; a younger son is not [anointed] over the elder—the eldest is consecrated to the kingship.

Words: ikṣvākūṇāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ — for of all the Ikṣvākus; rājā bhavati pūrvajaḥ — the firstborn becomes king; pūrvajenāvaraḥ putro — a younger son, over the elder; jyeṣṭho rājye 'bhiṣicyate — the eldest is consecrated to the kingship

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.