तां पुरी स महातेजा राजा दशरथो महान्। शशास शमितामित्रो नक्षत्राणीव चन्द्रमाः॥ तां सत्यनामां दृढतोरणार्गलां गृहैविचित्रैरुपशोभितां शिवाम्। पुरीमयोध्यां नृसहस्रसंकुला शशास वै शक्रसमो महीपतिः॥
tāṃ purī sa mahātejā rājā daśaratho mahān| śaśāsa śamitāmitro nakṣatrāṇīva candramāḥ|| tāṃ satyanāmāṃ dṛḍhatoraṇārgalāṃ gṛhaivicitrairupaśobhitāṃ śivām| purīmayodhyāṃ nṛsahasrasaṃkulā śaśāsa vai śakrasamo mahīpatiḥ||
English Meaning
Repressing enemies, that city was governed by the great and the exceedingly. And that lord of earth resembling Sakra govemed that city of Ayodhya bearing a true name furnished with strong gates and bolts, and auspicious, and graced with excellent edifices, and teeming with thousands.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)