इक्ष्वाकूणां कुले जातः साक्षाद् धर्म इवापरः। धृतिमान् सुव्रतः श्रीमान् न धर्म हातुमर्हसि॥
ikṣvākūṇāṃ kule jātaḥ sākṣād dharma ivāparaḥ| dhṛtimān suvrataḥ śrīmān na dharma hātumarhasi||
English Meaning
Born in the line of Ikşvāku, you are the very second self of virtue. And endowed with patience, and auspicious, and observing excellent vows, you ought not to renounce virtue.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)