रामस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा राजा दशरथः सुतम्। बाहुभ्यां सम्परिष्वज्य मूर्युपाघ्राय राघवम्॥ गतो राम इति श्रुत्वा हृष्टः प्रमुदितो नृपः। पुनर्जातं तदा मेने पुत्रमात्मानमेव च॥
rāmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā rājā daśarathaḥ sutam| bāhubhyāṃ sampariṣvajya mūryupāghrāya rāghavam|| gato rāma iti śrutvā hṛṣṭaḥ pramudito nṛpaḥ| punarjātaṃ tadā mene putramātmānameva ca||
English Meaning
Hearing Rama's words, king Dasaratha embraced his son with his arms, and smelt Rāghava's crown; and hearing that Rāma had gone, the monarch became exceedingly delighted, and considered himself and his son as having attained a second birth.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)