In succeeding to the throne of Mysore, I follow a great ruler who loved you all, and who won your love by his love of God, by his wisdom, his graciousness, his humility, his faithfulness to his duty and his Kingly greatness;... called upon people to 'consecrate themselves in the spirit of unity and self sacrifice.

On the occasion of his coronation, In Jaya Chamaraja Wodeyar