पुत्रो दशरथस्यायं महाराजस्य धीमतः। निदेशं पालयत्वेनं गङ्गे त्वदभिरक्षितः॥
putro daśarathasyāyaṃ mahārājasya dhīmataḥ| nideśaṃ pālayatvenaṃ gaṅge tvadabhirakṣitaḥ||
English Meaning
O Ganga, protected by you, may the son of the intelligent and mighty monarch, Dasaratha, execute the mandate (of the latter.)
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)