यावन्मातरमापृच्छे सीतां जानुनयाम्यहम्। ततोऽद्यैव गमिष्यामि दण्डकानां महद् वनम्॥
yāvanmātaramāpṛcche sītāṃ jānunayāmyaham| tato'dyaiva gamiṣyāmi daṇḍakānāṃ mahad vanam||
English Meaning
Excuse me until I ask my mother, and comfort Sītā; even this very day shall I wend my way to the great forest of Dandaka.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)