तेन तत्र प्रणादेन दुःखितः स महीपतिः। चिच्छेद जीविते श्रद्धां धर्मे यशसि चात्मनः॥ स निःश्वस्योष्णमैक्ष्वाकस्तां भार्यामिदमब्रवीत्। कैकेयि कुशचीरेण न सीता गन्तुमर्हति॥
tena tatra praṇādena duḥkhitaḥ sa mahīpatiḥ| ciccheda jīvite śraddhāṃ dharme yaśasi cātmanaḥ|| sa niḥśvasyoṣṇamaikṣvākastāṃ bhāryāmidamabravīt| kaikeyi kuśacīreṇa na sītā gantumarhati||
English Meaning
Aggrieved at the uproar that arose there in consequence, the lord of earth banished from his heart all regard for life, virtue, and fame. And sighing hot, that descendant of Ikşvāku spoke to that wife of his, saying, O Kaikeyi, Sītā deserves not to go in a Kuća dress.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)