The long-lived aged monarch reflected, saying, "How can Rāma become king, I living; and how can this delight be mine?” When shall I behold my beloved son installed* in the kingdom? * The Sanskrit abhişikta literally means sprinkled. But such a rendering would sound outlandish.
अथ राज्ञो बभूवैव वृद्धस्य चिरजीविनः। प्रीतिरेषा कथं रामो राजा स्यान्मयि जीवति ॥