यदर्थमयमारम्भस्तत्कार्यमवसादितम्। मया हि दहता लङ्कां न सीता परिरक्षिता॥
yadarthamayamārambhastatkāryamavasāditam| mayā hi dahatā laṅkāṃ na sītā parirakṣitā||
English Meaning
I have defeated the great object for which I have laboured so much. In burning down Lankā, I have not saved Sītā.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)