अलंकारं पुरस्यैवं कृत्वा तत् पुरवासिनः। आकाङ्क्षमाणा रामस्य यौवराज्याभिषेचनम्॥ समेत्य सङ्घशः सर्वे चत्वरेषु सभासु च। कथयन्तो मिथस्तत्र प्रशशंसुर्जनाधिपम्॥ अहो महात्मा राजायमिक्ष्वाकुकुलनन्दनः। ज्ञात्वा वृद्धं स्वमात्मानं रामं राज्येऽभिषेक्ष्यति ॥
alaṃkāraṃ purasyaivaṃ kṛtvā tat puravāsinaḥ| ākāṅkṣamāṇā rāmasya yauvarājyābhiṣecanam|| sametya saṅghaśaḥ sarve catvareṣu sabhāsu ca| kathayanto mithastatra praśaśaṃsurjanādhipam|| aho mahātmā rājāyamikṣvākukulanandanaḥ| jñātvā vṛddhaṃ svamātmānaṃ rāmaṃ rājye'bhiṣekṣyati ||
English Meaning
Eagerly expecting the investiture of Rāma as the heir-apparent, all having thus ornamented the city and assembling them selves on terraces and in council-halls, talking with each other, extolled the lord of men, saying, “Ah high-souled is this king, the perpetuator of the Iksvāku race, for, knowing himself as old, he will install Rāma in the kingdom.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)