यदि वोद्योजयिष्यामि भर्तारं रामकारणात्। व्यर्थमागमनं तस्य ससैन्यस्य भविष्यति॥
yadi vodyojayiṣyāmi bhartāraṃ rāmakāraṇāt| vyarthamāgamanaṃ tasya sasainyasya bhaviṣyati||
English Meaning
And if I urge my lord the king (Vibhīşaņa) to bring his hosts here for Rāma, in vain shall be his toil. (For before that Sītā shall renounce her life.)
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)