आनीय च वनात्सीतां पद्महीनामिव श्रियम्। किमर्थं प्रतिदास्यामि राघवस्य भयादहम्।।
ānīya ca vanātsītāṃ padmahīnāmiva śriyam| kimarthaṃ pratidāsyāmi rāghavasya bhayādaham||
English Meaning
Why, having brought Sītā like a Sri shorn of her lotus, shall I give her up, from fear of Rāghava?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)