हृता मृता वा वैदेही भक्षिता वा तपस्विनी। न धर्मस्त्रायते सीतां ह्रियमाणा महावने॥
hṛtā mṛtā vā vaidehī bhakṣitā vā tapasvinī| na dharmastrāyate sītāṃ hriyamāṇā mahāvane||
English Meaning
Poor Sītā must have been either dead, carried away by them or devoured. Virtue did not save her from being carried away in this mighty forest.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)