तस्य धर्मात्मनो देवि वने वासं यशस्विनः। कथं रोचयसे भीरु नव वर्षाणि पञ्च च ॥
tasya dharmātmano devi vane vāsaṃ yaśasvinaḥ| kathaṃ rocayase bhīru nava varṣāṇi pañca ca ||
English Meaning
Wherefore then, O bashful one, do you like that the illustrious and righteous Rāma, O exalted dame, should reside in the forest for five and nine years?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)