पुत्रो दशरथस्यास्ते सिंहसंहननो युवा। रामो नाम महास्कन्धो वृत्तायतमहाभुजः॥ श्यामः पृथुयशाः श्रीमानतुल्यबलविक्रमः। हतस्तेन जनस्थाने खरश्च सहदूषणः॥
putro daśarathasyāste siṃhasaṃhanano yuvā| rāmo nāma mahāskandho vṛttāyatamahābhujaḥ|| śyāmaḥ pṛthuyaśāḥ śrīmānatulyabalavikramaḥ| hatastena janasthāne kharaśca sahadūṣaṇaḥ||
English Meaning
There is a son of Dasaratha, youthful, resembling a lion*, named Rāma. of broad shoulders, and possessed of excellent beauty of long and mighty-arms. (he) is sable-hued, of high fame, and of matchless prowess and vigour. It is he that in Janasthāna has slain Khara with Dusana. Another reading is Virunga: i upopetu: possessed of handsome person.-
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)