It came to pass that mighty monarch of all this earth, descendant of the Ikṣwākus, the great and graceful car warrior, Rāma, son to Dasaratha, intent upon the injunction of his sire, resorting to the path of righteousness, entered the woods of Dandaka in company with his brother, Lakşmaņa and his wife Vaidehī.
राजा कृत्स्नस्य जगत इक्ष्वाकूणां महारथः। रामो दाशरथिः श्रीमान् प्रविष्टो दण्डकावनम्॥ लक्ष्मणेन. सह भ्रात्रा वैदेह्या सह भार्यया। पितुर्निदेशनिरतो धर्मं पन्थानमाश्रितः॥