इमां वा सरितं चाद्य शोषयिष्यामि लक्ष्मण॥ यदि नाख्याति मे सीतामद्य चन्द्रनिभाननाम्।
imāṃ vā saritaṃ cādya śoṣayiṣyāmi lakṣmaṇa|| yadi nākhyāti me sītāmadya candranibhānanām|
English Meaning
O Lakşmaņa, I shall dry up this river Godāvari if it tell me not about Sītā having a moon-like countenance.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)