कारणानि च वक्ष्यामि महान्ति सदृशानि च। यथेमौ जीवतो देवि भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ॥
kāraṇāni ca vakṣyāmi mahānti sadṛśāni ca| yathemau jīvato devi bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau||
English Meaning
O dignified one, I shall unfold to you potent and probable reasons why the brothers Rāma and Laksmana live.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)