सुग्रीवमभिगच्छ त्वं वानरेन्द्रं नरर्षभ॥ इत्युवाच पुनर्वाक्यं लक्ष्मणं सत्यविक्रमः। कथं मया बिना सीतां शक्यं लक्ष्मण जीवितुम्॥
sugrīvamabhigaccha tvaṃ vānarendraṃ nararṣabha|| ityuvāca punarvākyaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ satyavikramaḥ| kathaṃ mayā binā sītāṃ śakyaṃ lakṣmaṇa jīvitum||
English Meaning
O best of men, do you approach the chief of monkeys. Rāma, having truth for his prowess, again spoke to Laksmana, saying, O Laksmana, how shall I live without Sitā, who have been deprived of my kingdom, who am poorly and have Sītā for my life?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)