ऋषीणां चैव सर्वेषामपापां जनकात्मजाम्। एवं शुद्धसमाचारा देवगन्धर्वसंनिधौ॥ लङ्काद्वीपे महेन्द्रेण मम हस्ते निवेदिता।
ṛṣīṇāṃ caiva sarveṣāmapāpāṃ janakātmajām| evaṃ śuddhasamācārā devagandharvasaṃnidhau|| laṅkādvīpe mahendreṇa mama haste niveditā|
English Meaning
Indra, the king of the celestials, himself handed over the chaste Sītā to me in the island of Lanka.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)