अशोकवनिका चेयं दृढं रम्या दुरात्मनः। चन्दनैश्चम्पकैश्चापि बकुलैश्च विभूषिता॥ इयं च नलिनी रम्या द्विजसङ्घनिषेविता। इमां सा राजमहिषी नूनमेष्यति जानकी॥
aśokavanikā ceyaṃ dṛḍhaṃ ramyā durātmanaḥ| candanaiścampakaiścāpi bakulaiśca vibhūṣitā|| iyaṃ ca nalinī ramyā dvijasaṅghaniṣevitā| imāṃ sā rājamahiṣī nūnameṣyati jānakī||
English Meaning
Certainly this is the picturesque Asoka forest of that vicious-souled one, embellished with sandal Champakas and Bakulas. Here is a beautiful pond abounding in lotuses, thronged with birds and forsooth shall that royal spouse Jānaki repair hither.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)