ऊनद्वादशवर्णोऽयमकृतास्त्रश्च राघवः॥ कामं तु मम तत् सैन्यं मया सह गमिष्यति। बलेन चतुरङ्गेण स्वयमेत्य निशाचरम्॥ वधिष्यामि मुनिश्रेष्ठ शत्रु तव यथेप्सितम्।
ūnadvādaśavarṇo'yamakṛtāstraśca rāghavaḥ|| kāmaṃ tu mama tat sainyaṃ mayā saha gamiṣyati| balena caturaṅgeṇa svayametya niśācaram|| vadhiṣyāmi muniśreṣṭha śatru tava yathepsitam|
English Meaning
Rāghava is still under twelve years of age and had not been well disciplined in military arts. But I have soldiers enough, and if permitted by you, O you best of ascetics, I shall with my fourfold forces kill your enemies, the rangers of the night.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)