यदा हि बहवो वृद्धा गुणवन्तो बहुश्रुता॥ परिप्रक्ष्यन्ति काकुत्स्थं वक्ष्यामीह कथं तदा। कैकेय्या क्लिश्यमानेन पुत्रः प्रव्राजितो मया॥
yadā hi bahavo vṛddhā guṇavanto bahuśrutā|| pariprakṣyanti kākutsthaṃ vakṣyāmīha kathaṃ tadā| kaikeyyā kliśyamānena putraḥ pravrājito mayā||
English Meaning
And when many aged folks, endowed with virtues, and accomplished in various lore will ask me concerning Kākutstha, what then shall i say to them, 'Sore pressed by Kaikeyſ, have I banished Rama?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)