This high-souled king conversant with morality had two sons: the elder, myself the younger, even my brother, who was the elder son, and consigning to my care Kusadhvaja, our father sought the forest.
तस्य पुत्रद्वयं राज्ञो धर्मज्ञस्य महात्मनः। ज्येष्ठोऽहमनुजो भ्राता मम वीरः कुशध्वजः॥ मांत ज्येष्ठं पिता राज्ये सोऽभिषिच्य पिता मम। कुशध्वजं समावेश्य भारं मयि वनं गतः॥