तं वृद्धं तरुणी भार्या बालानादाय दारकान्। अब्रवीद् ब्राह्मणं वाक्यं स्त्रीणां भर्ता हि देवता॥ अपास्य फालं कुद्दालं कुरुष्व वचनं मम। रामं दर्शय धर्मज्ञं यदि किंचिदवाप्स्यसे॥
taṃ vṛddhaṃ taruṇī bhāryā bālānādāya dārakān| abravīd brāhmaṇaṃ vākyaṃ strīṇāṃ bhartā hi devatā|| apāsya phālaṃ kuddālaṃ kuruṣva vacanaṃ mama| rāmaṃ darśaya dharmajñaṃ yadi kiṃcidavāpsyase||
English Meaning
His young wife with her little children, struggling with poverty, spoke thus to the old Brāhmaṇa. “Throwing aside your spades and ploughs, do you hear my words. Go and see the virtuous-souled Rāma, and you are sure to get something from him now."
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)