नेच्छता तात मां हन्तुं तदा वीरेण रक्षितः। रामस्य शरवेगेन निरस्तो भ्रान्तचेतनः॥ पातितोऽहं तदा तेन गम्भीरे सागराम्भसि। प्राप्य संज्ञां चिरात् तात लङ्कां प्रति गतः पुरीम्॥
necchatā tāta māṃ hantuṃ tadā vīreṇa rakṣitaḥ| rāmasya śaravegena nirasto bhrāntacetanaḥ|| pātito'haṃ tadā tena gambhīre sāgarāmbhasi| prāpya saṃjñāṃ cirāt tāta laṅkāṃ prati gataḥ purīm||
English Meaning
He had no mind of killing me then and for this he saved my life. I was thrown however into the deep ocean being hindered by the velocity of his arrows and having lost my consciousness. Regaining my sense after a long while I returned to the city of Lankā.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)