किं तु सीताथ वैदेही मैथिली जनकात्मजा। उपतिष्ठेत विवशा रावणेन हृता बलात्॥
kiṃ tu sītātha vaidehī maithilī janakātmajā| upatiṣṭheta vivaśā rāvaṇena hṛtā balāt||
English Meaning
Or dose Maithili Sītā, daughter to Janaka, sprung in the Vaidehī line, forcibly carried off (by Rāvaņa), and completely in his power, abide by the mandate (of that monarch)?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)