राजा सर्वस्य लोकस्य महेन्द्रवरुणोपमः। रामो दाशरथिः श्रीमान् प्रविष्टो दण्डकावनम्॥ लक्ष्मणेन सह भ्रात्रा वैदेह्या सह भार्यया। तस्य भार्या जनस्थानाद् रावणेन हृता बलात्॥
rājā sarvasya lokasya mahendravaruṇopamaḥ| rāmo dāśarathiḥ śrīmān praviṣṭo daṇḍakāvanam|| lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā vaidehyā saha bhāryayā| tasya bhāryā janasthānād rāvaṇena hṛtā balāt||
English Meaning
The Sovereign of all this world, resembling Mahendra or Varuna, Rāma, the graceful son of Dasaratha, entered the woods of Dandaka, in company with his brother, Laksmana, as well as his spouse, Vaidehi. His wife has been forcibly carried of by Rāvana.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)