निविष्टा हि पुरी लङ्का तीरे नदनदीपतेः॥ कथं ज्ञास्यति तां रामस्तत्रस्थां तामनिन्दिताम्।
niviṣṭā hi purī laṅkā tīre nadanadīpateḥ|| kathaṃ jñāsyati tāṃ rāmastatrasthāṃ tāmaninditām|
English Meaning
The city of Lankā is situated on the shores of the lord of rivers and streams. How can Rāma get a knowledge of that blameless one, staying there?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)