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1. sūta, adhunā stāpaya ratham

driver, now you-stop wagon

2. yathā ajñāpayati devas

as commands Your Majesty

3. daśarathas cārūn putrān ajanayat

Dasharatha handsome sons were-born

4. kālidāsasya kāvyam mām śrāvayes

Kalidasa’s poem to-me you-should-recite

5. vaiśyān karān dāpayet nŗpa:

Vaishyans taxes makes-pay king

6. upanayane bālān navīnāni vastrāņi paridhāpayeyus

for-initiation boys new garments should-put-on

7. bhrātaras asmāt nagaram prāsthāpayan

brothers us to-city sent

8. svasāra āgacchanti iti mahyam nyavedyata

sisters come, to-me informed

9. vāyos balena taravas apātyanta

by-wind’s-power trees were-split-open

10. kşatriyās yuddhe arīn mārayanti

warriors in-battle enemies kill

11. kavayas asmākam guņān prathayeyus kīrthim ca

poets our qualities should-proclaim and glory

vardhayeyus iti pārthivais işyate

should-bring-up, by-princes is-wished

12. aham prayāge nivasāmi rāmas kāśyām tişţhati

i in-Prayaga reside Rama in-Benares stays

13. granthas asmābhī racyate pustakam rāmeņa lekhayāma:

literay-work by-us is-composed

book by-Rama we-cause-to-write