राजा दशरथो नाम द्युतिमान् धर्मवत्सलः। चातुर्वण्र्यं स्वधर्मेण नित्यमेवाभिपालयन्॥
rājā daśaratho nāma dyutimān dharmavatsalaḥ| cāturvaṇryaṃ svadharmeṇa nityamevābhipālayan||
English Meaning
There was a king named Dasaratha. Possessed of effulgence, and attached to righteousness, he, in consonance with his proper duties, for aye, governed the four orders.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)