Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 113: Bharata Returns to Ayodhyā
Text 2.113.17
अमृतः स महाबाहुः पिता दशरथस्तव।
यस्य त्वमीदृशः पुत्रो धर्मज्ञो धर्मवत्सलः॥
amṛtaḥ sa mahā-bāhuḥ pitā daśarathas tava
yasya tvam īdṛśaḥ putro dharmajño dharma-vatsalaḥ
amṛtaḥ = is not dead; saḥ = the; mahā-bāhuḥ = mighty-armed; pitā = father; daśarathaḥ = Daśaratha; tava = Your; yasya = who has; tvam = You; īdṛśaḥ = like; putraḥ = a son; dharmajñaḥ = who knows dharma; dharma-vatsalaḥ = and who loves dharma.
Your father, the mighty-armed Daśaratha, who has a son like You who knows dharma and who loves dharma, is not dead!
By getting a good son, Daśaratha, though dead, is [as good as] non-dead 1.