नूनं सर्वे गमिष्यामो मार्ग रामनिषेवितम्। त्यक्ता या बान्धवैः सर्वैर्ब्राह्मणैः साधुभिः सदा॥ का प्रीती राज्यलाभेन तव देवि भविष्यति। तादृशं त्वममर्यादं कर्म कर्तुं चिकीर्षसि ॥
nūnaṃ sarve gamiṣyāmo mārga rāmaniṣevitam| tyaktā yā bāndhavaiḥ sarvairbrāhmaṇaiḥ sādhubhiḥ sadā|| kā prītī rājyalābhena tava devi bhaviṣyati| tādṛśaṃ tvamamaryādaṃ karma kartuṃ cikīrṣasi ||
English Meaning
And what happiness, O revered one, will you, forsaken by friends, Brāhmaṇas and the saintly, reap by remaining here, allured by the lust of dominion? And you are going to do such an act!]
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)