स दृष्ट्वा लक्ष्मणं दीनं शून्यं दशरथात्मजः। पर्यपृच्छत धर्मात्मा वैदहीमागतं विना॥
sa dṛṣṭvā lakṣmaṇaṃ dīnaṃ śūnyaṃ daśarathātmajaḥ| paryapṛcchata dharmātmā vaidahīmāgataṃ vinā||
English Meaning
Seeing Lakşmana cast down, cheerless, and come without Vaidehī, the righteous son of Dasaratha, asked him.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)