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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.102.31
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.
2.102.31
sa rāghavāṇāṃ kuladharmam ātmanaḥ sanātanaṃ nādya vihātum arhasi
prabhūtaratnām anuśādhi medinīṃ prabhūtarāṣṭrāṃ pitṛvan mahāyaśāḥ
You ought not now to abandon this your own eternal family-law of the Rāghavas; rule, O illustrious one, the earth rich in jewels and abounding in realms, as your fathers did.
Words: sa — you (as such); rāghavāṇāṃ kuladharmam — the family-law of the Rāghavas; ātmanaḥ — your own; sanātanaṃ — eternal; nādya vihātum arhasi — you ought not now to abandon; prabhūtaratnām — rich in jewels; anuśādhi medinīṃ — rule the earth; prabhūtarāṣṭrāṃ — abounding in realms; pitṛvan — like your fathers; mahāyaśāḥ — O illustrious one
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.