नव पञ्च च वर्षाणि दण्डकारण्यमाश्रितः॥ चीराजिनधरो धीरो रामो भवतु तापसः। भरतो भजतामद्य यौवराज्यमकण्टकम्॥
nava pañca ca varṣāṇi daṇḍakāraṇyamāśritaḥ|| cīrājinadharo dhīro rāmo bhavatu tāpasaḥ| bharato bhajatāmadya yauvarājyamakaṇṭakam||
English Meaning
Let the gentle Rāma, clad in deer-skin, lead the life of a mendicant in the Dandaka forest for the space of nine and five years. And let Bharata gain the heir-apparentship rid of thorns.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)