मावमंस्था दशरथं भर्तारं वरदं पतिम्। भर्तुरिच्छा हि नारीणां पुत्रकोट्या विशिष्यते॥
māvamaṃsthā daśarathaṃ bhartāraṃ varadaṃ patim| bharturicchā hi nārīṇāṃ putrakoṭyā viśiṣyate||
English Meaning
You ought not to bring down your boonbestowing lord and husband Daśaratha; for surely the wish of a husband to a wife outweighs a koti of sons.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)