एषा गोदावरी सौम्य किंचिन्न प्रतिभाषते। किं तु लक्ष्मण वक्ष्यामि समेत्य जनकं वचः॥ मातरं चैव वैदेह्या विना तामहमप्रियम्।
eṣā godāvarī saumya kiṃcinna pratibhāṣate| kiṃ tu lakṣmaṇa vakṣyāmi sametya janakaṃ vacaḥ|| mātaraṃ caiva vaidehyā vinā tāmahamapriyam|
English Meaning
O you of auspicious looks, this river Godāvarī dose give no reply. But O Laksmana, returning without her what shall I say to Janaka and Vaidehi's mother?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)