पुनश्च सोऽचिन्तयदात्तरूपो ध्रुवं विशिष्टा गुणतो हि सीता। अथायमस्यां कृतवान् महात्मा लङ्केश्वरः कष्टमनार्यकर्म॥
punaśca so'cintayadāttarūpo dhruvaṃ viśiṣṭā guṇato hi sītā| athāyamasyāṃ kṛtavān mahātmā laṅkeśvaraḥ kaṣṭamanāryakarma||
English Meaning
Again reflected he, “Sītā is crowned with chastity and other virtues; and the powerful lord of Lankā, assuming an illusory form, has with much ado perpetrated this ignominious act.” as The lord of monkeys endowed with uprightness of sense, thought, “If the righteously wedded wife of Rāghava were one of the wives of the king of the Rākṣasas, it would well for him."
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)