सच ज्येष्ठो नरश्रेष्ठ सगरस्यात्मसम्भवः। बालान् गृहीत्वा तु जले सरय्वा रघुनन्दन ॥ प्रक्षिप्य प्राहसन्नित्यं मज्जतस्तान् निरीक्ष्य वै।
saca jyeṣṭho naraśreṣṭha sagarasyātmasambhavaḥ| bālān gṛhītvā tu jale sarayvā raghunandana || prakṣipya prāhasannityaṃ majjatastān nirīkṣya vai|
English Meaning
O foremost of men,* the eldest son of Sagara, taking those children, would, O descendant of Raghu, often cast them into the Sarayū, and in mirth behold them sinking in the waters. *The text has Narasresthas, put for Asamanja. Evidently this is an error. I make it a vocative.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)