पूर्णचन्द्राननः श्यामो गूढजत्रुररिंदमः। आजानुबाहुः पद्माक्षो रामो लक्ष्मणपूर्वजः॥ पूर्वाभिभाषी मधुरः सत्यवादी महाबलः। सौम्यश्च सर्वलोकस्य चन्द्रवत् प्रियदर्शनः॥
pūrṇacandrānanaḥ śyāmo gūḍhajatrurariṃdamaḥ| ājānubāhuḥ padmākṣo rāmo lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ|| pūrvābhibhāṣī madhuraḥ satyavādī mahābalaḥ| saumyaśca sarvalokasya candravat priyadarśanaḥ||
English Meaning
Surely that mighty car warrior, with deepest collar-bones having a countenance resembling the full-moon, sable-hued, repressing his foes, with this arms reaching to his knees and lotuslike eyes, Rāma the elder brother of Laksmana, always speaking first (to a visitor,) suave, truthtelling, endowed with prowess, amiable to all men, and lovely like the moon himself, surely that foremost of men gifted with the strength of a mad elephant, will grace the forests, ranging it around.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)