बालिशो बत कामात्मा राजा दशरथो भृशम्। स्त्रीकृते यः प्रियं पुत्रं वनं प्रस्थापयिष्यति॥
bāliśo bata kāmātmā rājā daśaratho bhṛśam| strīkṛte yaḥ priyaṃ putraṃ vanaṃ prasthāpayiṣyati||
English Meaning
Alas! king Dasaratha is foolish and lustful; for he sends his beloved son to the forest for the sake of his wife.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)