And among the four sons of mine, I find my highest delight in Rāma, my first-born, and the most virtuous of them all, therefore, it behoves you not to take Rāma.
चतुर्णामात्मजानां हि प्रीतिः परमिका मम॥ ज्येष्ठे धर्मप्रधाने च न रामं नेतुमर्हसि।