इतो वसति धर्मात्मा सरभङ्गः प्रतापवान्॥ अध्यर्धयोजने तात महर्षिः सूर्यसंनिभः। तं क्षिप्रमभिगच्छ त्वं स ते श्रेयोऽभिधास्यति ॥ अवटे चापि मां राम निक्षिप्य कुशली व्रज। रक्षसां गतसत्वानामेष धर्मः सनातनः॥
ito vasati dharmātmā sarabhaṅgaḥ pratāpavān|| adhyardhayojane tāta maharṣiḥ sūryasaṃnibhaḥ| taṃ kṣipramabhigaccha tvaṃ sa te śreyo'bhidhāsyati || avaṭe cāpi māṃ rāma nikṣipya kuśalī vraja| rakṣasāṃ gatasatvānāmeṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ||
English Meaning
Half a Yojana hence, my child, dwells the righteous and potent Maharși, Śarabharga, resembling the Sun. Seek him speedily: he will bring about your good. Casting me (into this pit) in the wood, do you, O Rama, peacefully go your way. Even this is the eternal usage of the Raksasas.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)