जानक्या परुषं वाक्यमेवमुक्तो दशाननः॥ जज्वाल सहसा कोपाच्चितास्थ इव पावकः। विवृत्य नयने क्रूरे मुष्टिमुद्यम्य दक्षिणम्॥ मैथिले हन्तुमारब्धः स्त्रीभिर्हाहाकृतं तदा। स्त्रीणां मध्यात्समुत्पत्य तस्य भार्या दुरात्मनः।७६ ।। वरा मन्दोदरी नाम तया स प्रतिषेधितः। उक्तश्च मधुरां वाणीं तया स मदनार्दितः॥
jānakyā paruṣaṃ vākyamevamukto daśānanaḥ|| jajvāla sahasā kopāccitāstha iva pāvakaḥ| vivṛtya nayane krūre muṣṭimudyamya dakṣiṇam|| maithile hantumārabdhaḥ strībhirhāhākṛtaṃ tadā| strīṇāṃ madhyātsamutpatya tasya bhāryā durātmanaḥ|76 || varā mandodarī nāma tayā sa pratiṣedhitaḥ| uktaśca madhurāṃ vāṇīṃ tayā sa madanārditaḥ||
English Meaning
Thus addressed in harsh speech by Jānakī, the Ten-necked one flamed up in wrath, like Fire in a funeral pyre. And with his wicked eyes whirling in rage, he raised the clenched fist of his right hand to slay Mithilā's daughter; but then the females set up a cry of "Oh" and "Alas.” And rising up in the midst of the females, the wife of the wicked-minded one, the excellent one, named Mandodarī, prevented him. And she spoke soft words to him influenced by lust.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)