अपि स्वर्णमयी लङ्का न मे लक्ष्मण रोचते ।
जननीजन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसी ॥
api svarṇamayī laṅkā na me lakṣmaṇa rocate |
jananī-janma-bhūmiś ca svargād api garīyasī ||
(Rāmāyaṇa)
[Rāma:] “Although golden, Laṅkā does not appeal to me, Lakṣmaṇa. One’s mother and motherland are more exalted than even Svarga.”