सीतां सर्वानवद्याङ्गीमरण्ये विजने शुभाम्। आनयित्वा तु तां दीनां छद्मनात्मस्वदूषणम्॥ अप्राप्य तं चैव कामं मैथिलीसंगमे कृतम्। पतिव्रतायास्तपसा नूनं दग्धोऽसि मे प्रभो॥
sītāṃ sarvānavadyāṅgīmaraṇye vijane śubhām| ānayitvā tu tāṃ dīnāṃ chadmanātmasvadūṣaṇam|| aprāpya taṃ caiva kāmaṃ maithilīsaṃgame kṛtam| pativratāyāstapasā nūnaṃ dagdho'si me prabho||
English Meaning
Having brought in a false guise from the solitary forest the sorrowful and chaste Sītā, having a blameless person, you did bring on the destruction of your family. You did fail to encompass your desire for the company of Sītā. But now, forsooth, O my lord you have been burnt down by her devotion who is devoted to her husband. *i.e. that you were not burnt down there and then shows her greatness of mind.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)