अहं किल कुले जात इक्ष्वाकूणां महात्मनाम्। सीतापि सत्कुले जाता जनकानां महात्मनाम्॥ जानासि त्वं यथा सौम्य दण्डके विजने वने। रावणेन हृता सीता स च विध्वंसितो मया॥
ahaṃ kila kule jāta ikṣvākūṇāṃ mahātmanām| sītāpi satkule jātā janakānāṃ mahātmanām|| jānāsi tvaṃ yathā saumya daṇḍake vijane vane| rāvaṇena hṛtā sītā sa ca vidhvaṃsito mayā||
English Meaning
I have been born in the illustrious family by the high-souled Ikşvākus. Sītā has been born also in the holy family of the great Janaka; gentle Lakṣmaṇa, you know how in the solitary forest of Dandaka, Sītā was stolen away by Rāvana and how have I slain him.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)