मानुष्ये चिन्तयामास जन्मभूमिमथात्मनः। ततः पद्मपलाशाक्षः कृत्वाऽऽत्मानं चतुर्विधम्॥ पितरं रोचयामास तदा दशरथं नृपम्।
mānuṣye cintayāmāsa janmabhūmimathātmanaḥ| tataḥ padmapalāśākṣaḥ kṛtvā''tmānaṃ caturvidham|| pitaraṃ rocayāmāsa tadā daśarathaṃ nṛpam|
English Meaning
Then that one of eyes resembling lotus-petals, dividing self into four parts, chose even king Dasaratha for his father.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)