दृष्टमन्तःपुरं सर्वं दृष्टा राक्षसयोषितः। न सीता दृश्यते साध्वी वृथा जातो मम श्रमः॥
dṛṣṭamantaḥpuraṃ sarvaṃ dṛṣṭā rākṣasayoṣitaḥ| na sītā dṛśyate sādhvī vṛthā jāto mama śramaḥ||
English Meaning
Having searched the inner apartment through, and seen the wives of the Rākṣasa, I do not see the chaste Sită. Therefore vain is the trouble that I take.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)