कच्चिज्जीवति वैदेही प्राणैः प्रियतरा मम। कच्चित् प्रव्राजनं वीर न मे मिथ्या भविष्यति॥
kaccijjīvati vaidehī prāṇaiḥ priyatarā mama| kaccit pravrājanaṃ vīra na me mithyā bhaviṣyati||
English Meaning
Is Vaidehī, dearer to me than my life still living? Shall this exile of mine be of no avail?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)