लोहिताक्षं महाबाहुमामुक्तमणिकुण्डलम्। रामं यदि न पश्येयं गमिष्यामि यमक्षयम्॥ अतो नु किं दुःखतरं योऽहमिक्ष्वाकुनन्दनम्। इमामवस्थामापनो नेह पश्यामि राघवम्॥
lohitākṣaṃ mahābāhumāmuktamaṇikuṇḍalam| rāmaṃ yadi na paśyeyaṃ gamiṣyāmi yamakṣayam|| ato nu kiṃ duḥkhataraṃ yo'hamikṣvākunandanam| imāmavasthāmāpano neha paśyāmi rāghavam||
English Meaning
What can be sadder than this, that reduced to such a pass, I cannot see here that descendant of Ikşvāku, Rāghava?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)