तस्याभिप्रायमाज्ञाय रामो लक्ष्मणब्रवीत्। वहत्वयमलं तावत् पथानेन तु राक्षसः॥ यथा चेच्छति सौमित्रे तथा वहतु राक्षसः। अयमेव हि नः पन्था येन याति निशाचरः॥
tasyābhiprāyamājñāya rāmo lakṣmaṇabravīt| vahatvayamalaṃ tāvat pathānena tu rākṣasaḥ|| yathā cecchati saumitre tathā vahatu rākṣasaḥ| ayameva hi naḥ panthā yena yāti niśācaraḥ||
English Meaning
Reading his purpose, Rāma spoke to Lakşmana, Let the Rākşasa bear us by this way. Not use of letting him. O Sumitra's son let the Rākşasa bear us wherever he likes. Even this, by which the ranger of the night is proceeding, is our way.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)