निर्वीर्य इति लोको मां निर्दयश्चेति वक्ष्यति ॥ कातरत्वं प्रकाशं हि सीतापनयने स मे।
nirvīrya iti loko māṃ nirdayaśceti vakṣyati || kātaratvaṃ prakāśaṃ hi sītāpanayane sa me|
English Meaning
Surely shall the people blame me as being cruel and destitute of energy. That I have no prowess has already been manifested in the destruction of Sītā.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)