There was a king named Dasaratha. Possessed of effulgence, and attached to righteousness, he, in consonance with his proper duties, for aye, governed the four orders.
राजा दशरथो नाम द्युतिमान् धर्मवत्सलः। चातुर्वण्र्यं स्वधर्मेण नित्यमेवाभिपालयन्॥