कथं रामो महाबाहुः स तथावितथक्रियः। भक्तं जनमभित्यज्य प्रवासं तापसो गतः॥
kathaṃ rāmo mahābāhuḥ sa tathāvitathakriyaḥ| bhaktaṃ janamabhityajya pravāsaṃ tāpaso gataḥ||
English Meaning
How could Rāma of mighty arms, resorting to this undesirable course, has gone into exile as an ascetic, leaving behind those that regard him dearly?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)