अथ राजा दशरथस्तेषां दारक्रियां प्रति॥ चिन्तयामास धर्मात्मा सोपाध्यायः सबान्धवः। तस्य चिन्तयमानस्य मन्त्रिमध्ये महात्मनः॥ अभ्यागच्छन्महातेजा विश्वामित्रो महामुनिः।
atha rājā daśarathasteṣāṃ dārakriyāṃ prati|| cintayāmāsa dharmātmā sopādhyāyaḥ sabāndhavaḥ| tasya cintayamānasya mantrimadhye mahātmanaḥ|| abhyāgacchanmahātejā viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ|
English Meaning
Once upon a time, when the virtuous king Dasaratha, surrounded by his priests and friends, was reflecting about the nuptials of his sons, to that high-souled one engaged in thought in the midst of his counsellors came the mighty ascetic Visvamitra.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)