स्वर्गस्थश्च महाराजो रामश्चारण्यमाश्रितः। लक्ष्मणश्चापि तेजस्वी रामेपैव गतः सह॥ उभौ भरतशत्रुघ्नौ केकयेषु परंतपौ। पुरे राजगृहे रम्ये मातामहनिवेशने॥
svargasthaśca mahārājo rāmaścāraṇyamāśritaḥ| lakṣmaṇaścāpi tejasvī rāmepaiva gataḥ saha|| ubhau bharataśatrughnau kekayeṣu paraṃtapau| pure rājagṛhe ramye mātāmahaniveśane||
English Meaning
The king racked by sorrow for his son having breathed his last, the mighty monarch has ascended heaven, Rāma has taken refuge in the woods, the energetic Lakşmaņa has gone with Rama, and does Bharata and Satrughna, repressors of foes, are staying in Kekaya in pleasant Rājagrha, the abode of their maternal grandfather.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)