न संतापस्त्वया कार्यः सौमित्रे मैथिली प्रति। दृष्टमेतत्पुरा विप्रैः पितुस्ते लक्ष्मणाग्रतः॥
na saṃtāpastvayā kāryaḥ saumitre maithilī prati| dṛṣṭametatpurā vipraiḥ pituste lakṣmaṇāgrataḥ||
English Meaning
Be not aggrieved for Sītā, O Saumitri Formerly in the presence of your sire the Brāhmaṇas related this account of Sītā's exile.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)