Markandeya said: O King, Dasharatha, always devoted to religion and given to the performance of) religious ceremonies and engaged in ministering to the comforts of his elders, was (very) glad at the birth of his sons.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच जातपुत्रो दशरथः प्रीतिमानभवनृप। क्रियारतिधर्मरतः सततं वृद्धसेविता॥