ततो दुःखतरं भूयः सीताया विप्रवासनम्। पौराणां वचनं श्रुत्वा नृशंसं प्रतिभाति मे॥ को नु धर्माश्रयः सूत कर्मण्यस्मिन्यशोहरे। मैथिली समनुप्राप्तः पौरे नार्थवादिभिः॥
tato duḥkhataraṃ bhūyaḥ sītāyā vipravāsanam| paurāṇāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā nṛśaṃsaṃ pratibhāti me|| ko nu dharmāśrayaḥ sūta karmaṇyasminyaśohare| maithilī samanuprāptaḥ paure nārthavādibhiḥ||
English Meaning
But this banishment of Sītā appears to me as exceedingly painful and most ruthless. O charioteer, the opinion of the citizens is by no means just; consequently what shall we gain by performing such a bad action for fame as the exile of Sita?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)