रामः पूर्वो हि नो भ्राता भविष्यति महीपतिः। अहं त्वरण्ये वत्स्यामि वर्षाणि नव पञ्च च॥
rāmaḥ pūrvo hi no bhrātā bhaviṣyati mahīpatiḥ| ahaṃ tvaraṇye vatsyāmi varṣāṇi nava pañca ca||
English Meaning
Certainly Rāma our eldest brother shall become the king; and I will abide in the forest for five all nine years.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)