इक्ष्वाकूणां त्वया तुल्यं सुहृदं नोपलक्षये। यथा दशरथो राजा मां न शोचेत् तथा कुरु॥
ikṣvākūṇāṃ tvayā tulyaṃ suhṛdaṃ nopalakṣaye| yathā daśaratho rājā māṃ na śocet tathā kuru||
English Meaning
I do not find any one that is a friend of the sons of Ikşvāku like to you. Do you so act that king Dasaratha may not grieve (for me.)
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)