 एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु सत्यवादी जितेन्द्रिय:।त्रिशङ्कुरिति विख्यात इक्ष्वाकुकुलवर्धन:।।  
 At this time there lived a celebrated king, renowned in the Ikshvakus race, named Trisanku, who was truthful and self restrained. 