श्यामा पद्मपलाशाक्षी प्रिया विरहिता मया। कथं धारयति प्राणान् विवशा जनकात्मजा॥
śyāmā padmapalāśākṣī priyā virahitā mayā| kathaṃ dhārayati prāṇān vivaśā janakātmajā||
English Meaning
How has that exquisitely fine daughter of Janaka, my beloved spouse, having eyes resembling lotus-petals, brought under the control of another person, been living forsaken by me?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)