अभूतपूर्वं शोकं मे मनः स्पष्टुमिवेच्छति। पश्यतो मे यथा नष्टा सीता श्रीरिव रूपिणी॥
abhūtapūrvaṃ śokaṃ me manaḥ spaṣṭumivecchati| paśyato me yathā naṣṭā sītā śrīriva rūpiṇī||
English Meaning
My mind is about to be possessed by grief, which I had never experienced before, for in the very presence of mine the graceful Jānaki, like Lakşmī herself, has disappeared from view.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)