सा निःश्वसन्ती शोकार्ता कोपोपहतचेतना। आर्ता व्यसृजदश्रूणि मैथिली विललाप च॥ हा रामेति च दुःखार्ता हा पुनर्लक्ष्यणेति च। हा श्वश्रूर्मम कौसल्ये हा सुमित्रेति भामिनी ॥ लोकप्रवादः सत्योऽयं पण्डितैः समुदाहृतः। अकाले दुर्लभो मृत्युः स्त्रिया वा पुरुषस्य वा॥
sā niḥśvasantī śokārtā kopopahatacetanā| ārtā vyasṛjadaśrūṇi maithilī vilalāpa ca|| hā rāmeti ca duḥkhārtā hā punarlakṣyaṇeti ca| hā śvaśrūrmama kausalye hā sumitreti bhāminī || lokapravādaḥ satyo'yaṃ paṇḍitaiḥ samudāhṛtaḥ| akāle durlabho mṛtyuḥ striyā vā puruṣasya vā||
English Meaning
Overwhelmed with grief and beside herself with ire, the daughter of the king of Mithilā, wept and exclaimed sorrowfully, O Rāma, and again, O Laksmana, O mother Kausalyā! O queen Sumitrā! true is the saying of the wise that death dose never approach untimely the male or the female.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)