तद्रक्षो न भवेदेव वातापिरिव लक्ष्मण। मद्विधं योऽतिमन्येत धर्मनित्यं जितेन्द्रियम्॥
tadrakṣo na bhavedeva vātāpiriva lakṣmaṇa| madvidhaṃ yo'timanyeta dharmanityaṃ jitendriyam||
English Meaning
Truly that Raksasa, O, Laksmana who wish to surpass one like me who has controlled his senses and is ever engaged in pious offices shall meet with his end like to this Vātāpi.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)