O Bharata, then that wise monarch considering himself far too advanced in age (to look after worldly affairs), for the installation of Rama as the prince regent; consulted with his righteous ministers and priests.
ततः स राजा मतिमान् मत्वाऽऽत्मानं वयोऽधिकम्। मन्त्रयामास सचिवैधर्मज्ञैश्च पुरोहितैः॥ अभिषेकाय रामस्य यौवराज्येन भारत।