चत्वारो वार्षिका मासा गता वर्षशतोपमाः। मम शोकाभितप्तस्य तथा सीतामपश्यतः॥
catvāro vārṣikā māsā gatā varṣaśatopamāḥ| mama śokābhitaptasya tathā sītāmapaśyataḥ||
English Meaning
Stricken as I am with grief, these four months, the season of rains, appeared to me like a hundred year, not beholding Sītā.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)