Daśaratha · Atlas

in the texts

King of Ayodhyā, Rāma's father, bound by his word to Kaikeyī to exile Rāma; later, sonless once more, he seeks the Aśvamedha sacrifice.

Endowed with such ministers, men possessed of every excellence, the sinless king Daśaratha governed the earth.

— with thousands of such great warriors, King Daśaratha at that time caused that city to be garrisoned and inhabited.

King Daśaratha, who expanded a great realm, caused that city to be inhabited, even as the lord of the gods dwells in heaven.