राज्ञो दशरथस्य त्वमयोध्याधिपतेर्विभो॥ धर्मज्ञस्य वदान्यस्य महार्षिसमतेजसः। अस्य भार्यासु तिसृषु ह्रीश्रीकीर्युपमासु च॥ विष्णो पुत्रत्वमागच्छ कृत्वाऽऽत्मानं चतुर्विधम्। तत्र त्वं मानुषो भूत्वा प्रवृद्धं लोककण्टकम्॥ अवध्यं दैवतैर्विष्णो समरे जहि रावणम्। स हि देवान् सगन्धर्वान् सिद्धांश्च ऋषिसत्तमान् ॥
rājño daśarathasya tvamayodhyādhipatervibho|| dharmajñasya vadānyasya mahārṣisamatejasaḥ| asya bhāryāsu tisṛṣu hrīśrīkīryupamāsu ca|| viṣṇo putratvamāgaccha kṛtvā''tmānaṃ caturvidham| tatra tvaṃ mānuṣo bhūtvā pravṛddhaṃ lokakaṇṭakam|| avadhyaṃ daivatairviṣṇo samare jahi rāvaṇam| sa hi devān sagandharvān siddhāṃśca ṛṣisattamān ||
English Meaning
Do you, O lord, dividing yourself into four, O Vişņu, become born a sons in the three wives, resembling Modesty, Auspiciousness, and Fame, of Ayodhyā's lord, king Dasaratha, cognizant of Duty, and munificent, and possessing energy, and like to a Maharsi. Do you, O Visnu, becoming man, slay in battle this thorn of the worlds, the pampered Răvaņa, incapable of being slain by the gods; for the foolish Rākşasa by virtue of sublimated prowess, baffles the deities, and the Gandharvas, and the Siddhas, and the foremost of saints.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)