न रोचते ममाप्येतदार्ये यद् राघवो वनम्। त्यक्त्वा राज्यश्रियं गच्छेत् स्त्रिया वाक्यवशंगतः॥ विपरीतश्च वृद्धश्च विषयैश्च प्रधर्षितः। नृपः किमिव न ब्रूयाच्चोद्यमानः समन्मथः॥
na rocate mamāpyetadārye yad rāghavo vanam| tyaktvā rājyaśriyaṃ gacchet striyā vākyavaśaṃgataḥ|| viparītaśca vṛddhaśca viṣayaiśca pradharṣitaḥ| nṛpaḥ kimiva na brūyāccodyamānaḥ samanmathaḥ||
English Meaning
I like it not, Oh worshipful one, that Räghava, should repair to the forest, renouncing this grandeur of sovereignty. The king is uxorious, old and therefore of perverted judgement and is addicted to worldly affairs; being under the influence of his wife and passion what could he not speak?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)