सोऽभिवाद्य महात्मानं साक्षाद्धर्ममिवापरम्। राघवं भरतः श्रीमान्ब्रह्माणमिव वासवः॥ शशंस च यथावृवं गन्धर्ववधमुत्तमम्। निवेशनं च देशस्य श्रुत्वा प्रीतोऽस्य राघवः॥
so'bhivādya mahātmānaṃ sākṣāddharmamivāparam| rāghavaṃ bharataḥ śrīmānbrahmāṇamiva vāsavaḥ|| śaśaṃsa ca yathāvṛvaṃ gandharvavadhamuttamam| niveśanaṃ ca deśasya śrutvā prīto'sya rāghavaḥ||
English Meaning
Like to Vasava saluting Brahmå he adored the high-souled Raghava the very personation of virtue and communicated to him duly the destruction of the Gandharvas and the establishment of the two cities. And hearing the words of Bharata, Råma attained to an excess of delight. are
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)