सार्वभौमकुले जातः सर्वलोकसुखावहः। सर्वप्रियकरस्त्यक्त्वा राज्यं प्रियमनुत्तमम्॥ कथमिन्दीवरश्यामो रक्ताक्षः प्रियदर्शनः। सुखभागी न दुःखार्हः शयितो भुवि राघवः॥
sārvabhaumakule jātaḥ sarvalokasukhāvahaḥ| sarvapriyakarastyaktvā rājyaṃ priyamanuttamam|| kathamindīvaraśyāmo raktākṣaḥ priyadarśanaḥ| sukhabhāgī na duḥkhārhaḥ śayito bhuvi rāghavaḥ||
English Meaning
Born in the imperial race, and capable of conferring happiness on all, the bringer-about of all good, why did Rāghava of dark blue hue like that of a lotus, graceful, and crowned with red eyes, the inheritor of happiness and undeserving of misery, having left his dear consummate kingdom, lie down on the ground?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)