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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.4.13

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 4: Omens hasten the abhiṣeka. Daśaratha fixes the ceremony for the next day while Bharata is away, Rāma & Sītā must fast and sleep on darbha

In the sequence: privately, Daśaratha explains that he has fulfilled his life's obligations and wishes to see his son installed before he dies

2.4.13

jātam iṣṭam apatyaṃ me tvam adyānupamaṃ bhuvi
dattam iṣṭam adhītaṃ ca mayā puruṣasattama

The offspring I desired has been born to me — you, today, peerless upon the earth; and I have given, sacrificed, and studied (the Veda), O best of men.

Words: jātam — born; iṣṭam — desired, wished-for; apatyaṃ — offspring; me — my, to me; tvam — you; adyānupamaṃ — today peerless; bhuvi — on the earth; dattam — given (in charity); iṣṭam — sacrificed; adhītaṃ ca — and studied; mayā — by me; puruṣasattama — O best of men

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.