And o'er the famed Ayodhyá reign:

I dressed in bark my days will spend

Where Daṇḍak's forest wilds extend.

So Daśaratha spoke, our king,

His share to each apportioning

Before his honoured servants' eyes:

Then, heir of bliss, he sought the skies.

The righteous monarch's honoured will,

Whom all revered, must guide thee still,

And thou must still enjoy the share