क्षत्रियोऽहं दशरथो नाहं पुत्रो महात्मनः। सज्जनावमतं दुःखमिदं प्राप्तं स्वकर्मजम् ॥
kṣatriyo'haṃ daśaratho nāhaṃ putro mahātmanaḥ| sajjanāvamataṃ duḥkhamidaṃ prāptaṃ svakarmajam ||
English Meaning
I am a Ksatriya, Dasaratha (by name), and no son of yours, O magnanimous one. I have come by a misfortune in consequence of an act blamed by the good.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)