यदि शूर्पणखाहेतोर्जनस्थानगतः खरः। अतिवृत्तो हतः पूर्वं रामेणक्लिष्टकर्मणा। अत्र ब्रूहि यथातत्वं को रामस्य वयतिक्रमः॥
yadi śūrpaṇakhāhetorjanasthānagataḥ kharaḥ| ativṛtto hataḥ pūrvaṃ rāmeṇakliṣṭakarmaṇā| atra brūhi yathātatvaṃ ko rāmasya vayatikramaḥ||
English Meaning
Though the wicked Khara of Janasthāna has been slain by him on Sūrpanakhā's account, yet how is he to blame for it do you truly speak.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)