यस्त्यक्त्वा सुहदो राज्यं मातरं पितरं तथा। स्त्रीवाक्यं प्राकृतं श्रुत्वा वनमेकपदे गतः॥ अवश्यं तु मया तस्य संयुगे खरघातिनः। प्राणैः प्रियतरा सीता हर्तव्या तव संनिधौ॥
yastyaktvā suhado rājyaṃ mātaraṃ pitaraṃ tathā| strīvākyaṃ prākṛtaṃ śrutvā vanamekapade gataḥ|| avaśyaṃ tu mayā tasya saṃyuge kharaghātinaḥ| prāṇaiḥ priyatarā sītā hartavyā tava saṃnidhau||
English Meaning
Surely shall I before you take away from that Rāma the destroyer of Khara his favourite wife, at whose words he has sojourned into woods renouncing his father mother, kingdom and friends.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)