क्व सीता केन वा दृष्टा को वा हरति मैथिलीम्। तदाख्यातुं भवान् सर्वं गतिर्भव वनौकसाम्॥
kva sītā kena vā dṛṣṭā ko vā harati maithilīm| tadākhyātuṃ bhavān sarvaṃ gatirbhava vanaukasām||
English Meaning
Where is Sītā? By whom has she been seen? And who has carried away Mithila's daughter? Do you tell us all about this, and (thus) prove the path of these rangers of the woods.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)