द्वितीयं कारणं यच्च ब्रवीषि विनयान्विते। रामादन्यस्य नार्हामि संसर्गमिति जानकी॥ एतत् ते देवि सदृशं पत्न्यास्तस्य महात्मनः। का ह्यन्या त्वामृते देवि ब्रूयाद् वचनमीदृशम्॥
dvitīyaṃ kāraṇaṃ yacca bravīṣi vinayānvite| rāmādanyasya nārhāmi saṃsargamiti jānakī|| etat te devi sadṛśaṃ patnyāstasya mahātmanaḥ| kā hyanyā tvāmṛte devi brūyād vacanamīdṛśam||
English Meaning
The second argument—I shall not touch any other person's body than Rāma's, which you have produced, O Janaki! O you gifted with modesty! truely become you, who are the spouse of that high-souled one. Who else than you, O worshipful one, can give expression to such words?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)