कश्च रामः कथंवीर्यः किंरूपः किंपराक्रमः। किमर्थे दण्डकारण्यं प्रविष्टश्च सुदुस्तरम्॥
kaśca rāmaḥ kathaṃvīryaḥ kiṃrūpaḥ kiṃparākramaḥ| kimarthe daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ praviṣṭaśca sudustaram||
English Meaning
Who is Rāma? And what is his prowess? And what his form? And what his power? And why had he entered the forest of Dandaka, difficult to range?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)