कच्चिन्न तद्धेमसमानवणं तस्याननं पद्मसमानगन्धि। मया विना शुष्यति शोकदीनं जलक्षये पद्ममिवातपेन॥
kaccinna taddhemasamānavaṇaṃ tasyānanaṃ padmasamānagandhi| mayā vinā śuṣyati śokadīnaṃ jalakṣaye padmamivātapena||
English Meaning
Is not the gold-hued and lotus-smelling countenance (of Rāma) dried up my absence like to lotus dried up by the rays of the sun in shallow water?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)