कथं च राक्षसैरेभिर्मया च परिसान्त्वितः। जिघांसुभिर्दाशरथिं व्यथसे त्वं सदानघ॥
kathaṃ ca rākṣasairebhirmayā ca parisāntvitaḥ| jighāṃsubhirdāśarathiṃ vyathase tvaṃ sadānagha||
English Meaning
But why, O sinless one, albeit comforted by these Rākşasas eager for saying Dasaratha's son, as well as by me, did your persist in your sorrow?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)