Ramayana
यत्सृष्टाऽसि मया सार्धं वनवासाय मैथिलि । न विहातुं मया शक्या कीर्तिरात्मवता यथा ॥ २-३०-२९
Since you, Oh ! daughter of Mithila, were born to go along with me to the forest, I cannot abandon you just as a self-respecting man cannot forsake his reputation. ॥ 2-30-29॥
english translation
yatsRSTA'si mayA sArdhaM vanavAsAya maithili । na vihAtuM mayA zakyA kIrtirAtmavatA yathA ॥ 2-30-29
hk transliteration by Sanscript