Book, Chapter

 1   1    |        Kosalas had four sons, the eldest of whom was Rama the hero
 2   2, 1 |        strong and stately was his eldest and his best,~Void of every
 3   2, 4 |    Lakshman with devotion doth on eldest Rama wait,~Young Satrughna
 4   2, 4 |          Shall not Rama, best and eldest, fill his father's royal
 5   2, 4 |          the ancient laws ordain,~Eldest son succeeds his father,
 6   2, 6 |      faithless, from his best and eldest part?"~Coldly spake the
 7   3, 8 |         harvest of my crime!~Rama eldest born and dearest, Lakshman
 8   4, 1 |         to proud Kosala's empire, eldest, noblest, and the best!"~
 9   4, 2 |      Bharat answered Dasa-ratha's eldest son,~"Dasa-ratha walks the
10   4, 2 | Dasa-ratha's empire, Dasa-ratha's eldest son,~Weeping queens and
11   5, 1 |         wilds of Southern clime!~"Eldest born of Dasa-ratha, long
12   6, 1 |           S godlike fame,~And his eldest, first-born Rama, by his
13   7, 1 |       contrivance banished he his eldest son!~True to duty, true
14   7, 4 |          valiant prince ordained,~Eldest son of eldest brother,--
15   7, 4 |           ordained,~Eldest son of eldest brother,--such the maxim
16  10, 5 |    exclaimed in pride,~"While thy eldest son surviveth triumph dwells
17  10, 12|         anguish Ravan's first and eldest bride,~Mandodari, slender-waisted,
18 Epi    |           loyal people. Rama, the eldest son of Dasa-ratha and the