विशुद्धा त्रिषु लोकेषु मैथिली जनकात्मजा। न विहातुं मया शक्या कीर्तिरात्मवता यथा॥
viśuddhā triṣu lokeṣu maithilī janakātmajā| na vihātuṃ mayā śakyā kīrtirātmavatā yathā||
English Meaning
Maithili-the daughter of Janaka has been purified before the three worlds-So I am incapable of renouncing her as a self controlled person cannot forsake his (own ) reputation.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)