स्थापयित्वा प्रियं पुत्रं राज्ये दशरथो नृपः। मन्दवार्यस्ततो ज्येष्ठः सुतः प्रस्थापितो वनम्॥ तेन किं भ्रष्टराज्येन रामेण गतचेतसा। करिष्यसि विशालाक्षि तापसेन तपस्विना ॥
sthāpayitvā priyaṃ putraṃ rājye daśaratho nṛpaḥ| mandavāryastato jyeṣṭhaḥ sutaḥ prasthāpito vanam|| tena kiṃ bhraṣṭarājyena rāmeṇa gatacetasā| kariṣyasi viśālākṣi tāpasena tapasvinā ||
English Meaning
Placing his beloved son on the throne, king Dasaratha has sent away his eldest son of weak prowess into the woods. O you of expansive eyes, what shall you do with that wretched ascetic Rāma who has been deprived of his kingdom?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)