Translation

Oh, exalted emperor Dasharatha, the king and sovereign of Mithila is Janaka, and that Janaka is asking time and time again, with mellowly words instilled with friendliness, after the wellbeing and after the unmitigated prosperity of your highness, along with that of your highness' priests and teachers, also that of your highness' subjects, who always precede your highness in convoys in any event, as your highness are the one who ingratiates himself with the Ritual-fires, ever and anon...