अस्यामायत्तमस्माकं यत् कृत्यं रघुनन्दन । अहमेनं वधिष्यामि ग्रहीष्याम्यथवा मृगम्॥
asyāmāyattamasmākaṃ yat kṛtyaṃ raghunandana | ahamenaṃ vadhiṣyāmi grahīṣyāmyathavā mṛgam||
English Meaning
It is our prime duty, O descendant of Raghu, to protect Jānaki. I shall either kill this deer or shall get hold of it.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)