विख्यातं त्रिषु लोकेषु मरुकान्तारमेव च। शोषयित्वा तु तं कुक्षिं रामो दशरथात्मजः।। वरं तस्मै ददौ विद्वान्मरवेऽमरविक्रमः॥
vikhyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu marukāntārameva ca| śoṣayitvā tu taṃ kukṣiṃ rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ|| varaṃ tasmai dadau vidvānmarave'maravikramaḥ||
English Meaning
Having dried up Marukāntāra famous throughout the three regions, as well as the reservoirs of water Rāma the son of Dasaratha, learned and of god-like prowess, conferred a boon on the desert, saying. *i.e. the sound.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)