इक्ष्वाको स्वागतं वत्स जानामि त्वां सुधार्मिकम्। शरणं ते प्रदास्यामि मा भैषीपपुङ्गव॥
ikṣvāko svāgataṃ vatsa jānāmi tvāṃ sudhārmikam| śaraṇaṃ te pradāsyāmi mā bhaiṣīpapuṅgava||
English Meaning
O descendant of Ikşvāku, have you had a pleasant journey? I know you well, O highly virtuous one. Refuge will I grant you, so fear not, O best of monarchs.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)