सत्यात् पाणिगृहीतश्च कृतकर्मा महायशाः। विस्मृतो राघवो येन स कस्य सुकृतं स्मरेत्॥ लक्ष्मणस्य भयेनेह नाधर्मभयभीरुणा। आदिष्टा मार्गितुं सीता धर्मस्तस्मिन् कथं भवेत्॥
satyāt pāṇigṛhītaśca kṛtakarmā mahāyaśāḥ| vismṛto rāghavo yena sa kasya sukṛtaṃ smaret|| lakṣmaṇasya bhayeneha nādharmabhayabhīruṇā| ādiṣṭā mārgituṃ sītā dharmastasmin kathaṃ bhavet||
English Meaning
Whose good office remembereth he who could forget the renowned Räghava himself of mighty deeds, after having, in the name of truth, taken his hand? How can he reap religious merit that directed us to search Sītā here, from fear of Laksmana, and not from fear of unrighteousness?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)