जनकस्य कुले जाता रामपत्नी सुमध्यमा। कथमुत्पलपत्राक्षी रावणस्य वशं व्रजेत्॥
janakasya kule jātā rāmapatnī sumadhyamā| kathamutpalapatrākṣī rāvaṇasya vaśaṃ vrajet||
English Meaning
How can the slender-waisted wife of Rāma, born in the race of Janaka, furnished with eyes resembling lotus petals, come under the sway of Ravana?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)