प्रणिपातप्रसन्ना हि मैथिली जनकात्मजा। अलमेषा परित्रातुं राक्षस्यो महतो भयात्॥
praṇipātaprasannā hi maithilī janakātmajā| alameṣā paritrātuṃ rākṣasyo mahato bhayāt||
English Meaning
If Maithili, the daughter of the king Janaka, be pleased with you (for your imploring her forgiveness) you might be saved from the mighty disaster.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)