आसीद् दशरथो नाम राजा त्रिदशविक्रमः। तस्याहमग्रजः पुत्रो रामो नाम जनैः श्रुतः॥
āsīd daśaratho nāma rājā tridaśavikramaḥ| tasyāhamagrajaḥ putro rāmo nāma janaiḥ śrutaḥ||
English Meaning
There was a king named Dasaratha endued with the prowess of a celestial. I am his eldest son known among men by the name of Rāma.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)