राजा दशरथो नाम ज्येष्ठस्तस्य सुतो बली। रामः प्राप्तो मुनिं द्रष्टुं भार्यया सह सीतया ॥ लक्ष्मणो नाम तस्याहं भ्राता त्ववरजो हितः। अनुकूलश्च भक्तश्च यदि ते श्रोत्रमागतः॥
rājā daśaratho nāma jyeṣṭhastasya suto balī| rāmaḥ prāpto muniṃ draṣṭuṃ bhāryayā saha sītayā || lakṣmaṇo nāma tasyāhaṃ bhrātā tvavarajo hitaḥ| anukūlaśca bhaktaśca yadi te śrotramāgataḥ||
English Meaning
There was a king, named Dasaratha. His eldest son, the strong Rāma, has come (to this asylum) along with his wife, Sītā, for seeing the ascetic. Named Lakşmaņa, I am his younger brother, obedient and devoted to him. you may have heard of it.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)