यदि निर्यातिता ते स्यात्सीता रामाय मैथिली। न नः स्याद्व्यसनं घोरमिदं मूलहरं महत्॥
yadi niryātitā te syātsītā rāmāya maithilī| na naḥ syādvyasanaṃ ghoramidaṃ mūlaharaṃ mahat||
English Meaning
Have you returned Sītā the daughter of the king of Mithilā to Råma, this mighty and dreadful disaster, destroying the very root, would not have befallen us.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)