महता तपसा लब्धो विविधैश्च परिश्रमैः। एको दशरथस्यैष पुत्रः सदृशलक्षणः॥ अस्मिन् प्रवाजिते राजा न चिरं वर्तयिष्यति। विधवा मेदिनी नूनं क्षिप्रमेव भविष्यति॥
mahatā tapasā labdho vividhaiśca pariśramaiḥ| eko daśarathasyaiṣa putraḥ sadṛśalakṣaṇaḥ|| asmin pravājite rājā na ciraṃ vartayiṣyati| vidhavā medinī nūnaṃ kṣiprameva bhaviṣyati||
English Meaning
It is by virtue of mighty austerities and uncommon exertions that Dasaratha has obtained this son of his crowned with every auspicious sign. He being banished, the king shall not live long; and the Earth shall certainly be widowed soon.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)