Pacifying Sri Rama, who had got angry with Jaabaali, Sage Vashista urges him to get himself consecrated as king since from Ikshvaku, the progenitor of his race, downward the eldest son alone had ascended the throne of Ayodhya and because he was not only the eldest of his father&#39;s sons, but the ablest too.
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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 111, "Rama Bharata Samvadaha" (Book 2 Canto 111)

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