ज्येष्ठस्तस्य महाबाहुः पुत्रः प्रियतरः प्रभुः। पितुर्निदेशानिष्क्रान्तः प्रविष्टो दण्डकावनम्॥ लक्ष्मणेन सह भ्रात्रा सीतया सह भार्यया। रामो नाम महातेजा धयं पन्थानमाश्रितः॥
jyeṣṭhastasya mahābāhuḥ putraḥ priyataraḥ prabhuḥ| piturnideśāniṣkrāntaḥ praviṣṭo daṇḍakāvanam|| lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā sītayā saha bhāryayā| rāmo nāma mahātejā dhayaṃ panthānamāśritaḥ||
English Meaning
His eldest son, mighty-armed, and masterful, the darling (of his sire), has, in accordance with his father's order, entered the forest of Dandaka with his brother Lakşmaņa and his wife Sītā.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)