त्वचा प्रधानया ह्येष मृगोऽद्य न भविष्यति। अप्रमत्तेन ते भावमाश्रमस्थेन सीतया॥ यावत् पृषतमेकेन सायकेन निहन्म्यहम्। हत्वैतच्चर्म चादाय शीघ्रमेष्यामि लक्ष्मण॥
tvacā pradhānayā hyeṣa mṛgo'dya na bhaviṣyati| apramattena te bhāvamāśramasthena sītayā|| yāvat pṛṣatamekena sāyakena nihanmyaham| hatvaitaccarma cādāya śīghrameṣyāmi lakṣmaṇa||
English Meaning
The skin of this deer is the best of its kind; for certain shall it loose its life today. As long as I do not kill this deer, O Lakşmaņa, do you with Sītā remain with vigilance in this asylum. I shall in no time come back with its skin after killing in with one arrow.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)