ब्रूहि लक्ष्मण वैदेही यदि जीवति वा न वा। त्वयि प्रमत्ते रक्षोभिर्भक्षिता वा तपस्विनी॥
brūhi lakṣmaṇa vaidehī yadi jīvati vā na vā| tvayi pramatte rakṣobhirbhakṣitā vā tapasvinī||
English Meaning
tell me, O Laksmana, whether Do you Videha's daughter live or not; or whether, in consequence of your acting heedlessly, that forlorn wench has been devoured by Raksasas.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)