ityetairvividhaistaistairanyapārthivadurlabhaiḥ śiṣṭairaparimeyaiśca loke lokottarairguṇaiḥ| taṃ samīkṣya mahārājo yuktaṃ samuditaiśśubhaiḥ niścitya sacivaissārdhaṃ yuvarājamamanyata|
King Dasaratha in consultation with his ministers observed that Rama is endowed with various virtues not found in other kings, immeasurable virtues which are praiseworthy, and exemplary. He is distinguished in this world as all qualities seem to have merged in him. The king then made up his mind to make him princeregent.
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
Dasharatha consults with his ministers about Rama's virtues, confirming what he already knows. The consultation is a formality — the decision has already been made in his heart. The verse shows a king who rules through counsel, not tyranny, even when his mind is already made up.