इक्ष्वाकूणां हि सर्वेषां पुरोधाः परमा गतिः। न चातिक्रमतुं शक्यं वचनं सत्यवादिनः॥
ikṣvākūṇāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ purodhāḥ paramā gatiḥ| na cātikramatuṃ śakyaṃ vacanaṃ satyavādinaḥ||
English Meaning
To the Ikşvākus, their spiritual guide is their prime way; nor art you capable of setting at naught the words of that truth-telling one.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)