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rājā sarvasya lōkasya mahēndravaruṇōpamaḥ.

rāmō dāśarathiśśīmānpraviṣṭō daṇḍakāvanam৷৷4.52.4৷৷

lakṣmaṇēna saha bhrātrā vaidēhyā cāpi bhāryayā.

tasya bhāryā janasthānādrāvaṇēna hṛtā balāt৷৷4.52.5৷৷

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sarvasya for the entire, lōkasya world's, rājā king, mahēndravaruṇōpamaḥ comparable to Indra and Varuna, dāśarathiḥ Dasaratha's son, śrīmān prosperous, rāmaḥ Rama, bhrātrā with his brother, lakṣmaṇēna saha along with Lakshmana, bhāryayā with his wife, vaidēhyā saha with Vaidehi, daṇḍakāvanam Dandaka forest, praviṣṭaḥ entered, tasya his, bhāryā wife, rāvaṇēna by Ravana, janasthānāt from Janasthana, balāt forcibly, hṛtā she was abducted.

'Rama, son of Dasaratha, a prosperous king of all the worlds, comparable to Indra and Varuna came to the Dandaka forest along with his brother Laksmana and wife Vaidehi. Ravana abducted his wife from Janasthana.