स चाप्यपुत्रो नृपतिस्तस्मिन् काले महाद्युतिः। अयजद् पुत्रियामिष्टिं पुत्रेप्सुररिसूदनः॥
sa cāpyaputro nṛpatistasmin kāle mahādyutiḥ| ayajad putriyāmiṣṭiṃ putrepsurarisūdanaḥ||
English Meaning
At that time, eagerly wishing to have sons, that destroyer of enemies, the effulgent king Dasaratha, who was sonless, was celebrating the sacrifice that confer male offspring.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)