तमुवाच ततो रामो राक्षसं ज्वलिताननम्। पृच्छन्तं सुमहातेजा इक्ष्वाकुकुलमात्मनः॥ क्षत्रियौ वृत्तसम्पन्नौ विद्धि नौ वनगोचरौ। त्वां तु वेदितुमिच्छावः कस्त्वं चरसि दण्डकान्॥
tamuvāca tato rāmo rākṣasaṃ jvalitānanam| pṛcchantaṃ sumahātejā ikṣvākukulamātmanaḥ|| kṣatriyau vṛttasampannau viddhi nau vanagocarau| tvāṃ tu veditumicchāvaḥ kastvaṃ carasi daṇḍakān||
English Meaning
Thereupon, the highly energetic Rāma answered the Rākşasa with a flaming face, when he had thus asked (Rāma) that he belonged to the Iksvaku race. Know us that are in the forest, for Kșatriyas of respectable character. I also am anxious of knowing who you are, wandering in the Dandakas.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)