सा तेनेक्ष्वाकुनाथेन पुरी सुपरिरक्षिता। यथा पुरस्तान्मनुना मानवेन्द्रेण धीमता॥
sā tenekṣvākunāthena purī suparirakṣitā| yathā purastānmanunā mānavendreṇa dhīmatā||
English Meaning
That city was ably govered by Dasaratha that lord of Ikşvāku's line, even as that foremost of men, the intelligent Manu, had governed it before him.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)