किं तु तत् कारणं येन रामो दृढपराक्रमः। रक्षसापहृतां भार्यामिष्टां यो नाभिपद्यते॥
kiṃ tu tat kāraṇaṃ yena rāmo dṛḍhaparākramaḥ| rakṣasāpahṛtāṃ bhāryāmiṣṭāṃ yo nābhipadyate||
English Meaning
(I am at a loss to ascertain) why Rāma of firm prowess, dose not regain me, his beloved spouse who have been borne away by the Räkşasa.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)