उपहारश्च कर्तव्यः कुसुमैः स्वयमाहतैः। आर्षेण विधिना वेद्यां सीते दुःखमतो वनम्॥
upahāraśca kartavyaḥ kusumaiḥ svayamāhataiḥ| ārṣeṇa vidhinā vedyāṃ sīte duḥkhamato vanam||
English Meaning
One has to offer presents of flowers collected by his ownself to the altars, O Sītā, according to the rites of the ascetics; so the wood is full of misery.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)