यो नः सदा पालयति पिता पुत्रानिवौरसान्। कथं रघूणां स श्रेष्ठस्त्यक्त्वा नो विपिनं गतः॥
yo naḥ sadā pālayati pitā putrānivaurasān| kathaṃ raghūṇāṃ sa śreṣṭhastyaktvā no vipinaṃ gataḥ||
English Meaning
Why has that foremost of Raghus, who has always cherished us even as a father cherishes his sons begot by his own loins, forsaking us, betaken himself to the forest?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)