कथं नाम महाभागा सीता जनकनन्दिनी। सदा सुखेष्वभिरता दुःखान्यनुभविष्यति ॥ अहो दशरथो राजा निःस्नेहः स्वसुतं प्रति। प्रजानामनघं रामं परित्यक्तुमिहेच्छति॥
kathaṃ nāma mahābhāgā sītā janakanandinī| sadā sukheṣvabhiratā duḥkhānyanubhaviṣyati || aho daśaratho rājā niḥsnehaḥ svasutaṃ prati| prajānāmanaghaṃ rāmaṃ parityaktumihecchati||
English Meaning
Alas! king Daſaratha has no affection for his own son, since wishes to dismiss from hence Rāma sinless and dear to the subjects.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)