तयोः सुचरितं स्वार्थं शाठ्यात् परिजिहीर्षतोः। यदि नैवं व्यवसितं स्याद्धि प्रागेव राघव। ययौ प्रागेव दत्तश्च स्याद् वरः प्रकृतश्च सः॥ लोकविद्विष्टमारब्धं त्वदन्यस्याभिषेचनम्। नोत्सहे सहितुं वीर तत्र मे क्षन्तुमर्हसि ॥
tayoḥ sucaritaṃ svārthaṃ śāṭhyāt parijihīrṣatoḥ| yadi naivaṃ vyavasitaṃ syāddhi prāgeva rāghava| yayau prāgeva dattaśca syād varaḥ prakṛtaśca saḥ|| lokavidviṣṭamārabdhaṃ tvadanyasyābhiṣecanam| notsahe sahituṃ vīra tatra me kṣantumarhasi ||
English Meaning
With a desire to renounce you by fraud, they simulate piety which is but selfishness. Had they not purposed thus, Oh, Rāghava, things would not have taken such a turn. If this story of the vows be true, then why had it not been declared before Surely has the monarch engaged in an action hateful to the people, namely the installation of a younger brother neglecting you (the eldest one). Pray, pardon me, oh great hero, I cannot brook all this.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)