te tamūcurmahātmānaṃ paurajānapadaissaha| bahavo nṛpa kalyāṇā guṇāḥ putrasya santi te
Those kings along with the inhabitants of towns and villages answered the magnanimous king: O king your son, indeed has many auspicious and admirable virtues.
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
The assembly answers Dasharatha's question with certainty. They confirm: Rama is the one. The moment of rhetorical doubt has passed, and the collective voice of the kingdom speaks as one. The coronation is not merely the king's wish but the people's will.