कथं दशरथाज्जातः शुभाभिजनकर्मणः। जानन् धर्ममधर्मं च कुर्यां कर्म जुगुप्सितम्॥
kathaṃ daśarathājjātaḥ śubhābhijanakarmaṇaḥ| jānan dharmamadharmaṃ ca kuryāṃ karma jugupsitam||
English Meaning
How having sprung from Dasaratha of righteous deeds and born of immaculate race, and knowing virtue and vice, can I commit such a reprehensible action?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)