निखिलेनानुपूर्व्या च पिता पुत्रानिवौरसान्। शुश्रूषन्ते च वः शिष्याः कच्चिद् वर्मसु दंशिताः॥ इति वः पुरुषव्याघ्रः सदा रामोऽभिभाषते। व्यसनेषु मनुष्याणां भृशं भवति दुःखितः॥ उत्सवेषु च सर्वेषु पितेव परितुष्यति ।
nikhilenānupūrvyā ca pitā putrānivaurasān| śuśrūṣante ca vaḥ śiṣyāḥ kaccid varmasu daṃśitāḥ|| iti vaḥ puruṣavyāghraḥ sadā rāmo'bhibhāṣate| vyasaneṣu manuṣyāṇāṃ bhṛśaṃ bhavati duḥkhitaḥ|| utsaveṣu ca sarveṣu piteva parituṣyati |
English Meaning
And that tiger-like Rāma always asked the Brāhmaṇas, 'Do your disciples tend you' and the Kșatriyas, 'Do your disciples always remain mailed?' When calamity befallen the people, he experienced excess of sorrow; and on their festal occasions, he rejoiced ever like their own father.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)