ते वयं प्रच्युता राज्यात् कैकेय्यास्तु कृते त्रयः॥ विचराम द्विजश्रेष्ठ वनं गम्भीरमोजसा। समाश्वस मुहूर्ते तु शक्यं वस्तुमिह त्वया।२२।। आगमिष्यति मे भर्ता वन्यमादाय पुष्कलम्। रु.न् गोधान् वराहांश्च हत्वाऽऽदायामिषं बहु ॥ स त्वं नाम च गोत्रं च कुलमाचक्ष्व तत्त्वतः। एकश्च दण्डकारण्ये किमर्थं चरसि द्विज॥
te vayaṃ pracyutā rājyāt kaikeyyāstu kṛte trayaḥ|| vicarāma dvijaśreṣṭha vanaṃ gambhīramojasā| samāśvasa muhūrte tu śakyaṃ vastumiha tvayā|22|| āgamiṣyati me bhartā vanyamādāya puṣkalam| ru.n godhān varāhāṃśca hatvā''dāyāmiṣaṃ bahu || sa tvaṃ nāma ca gotraṃ ca kulamācakṣva tattvataḥ| ekaśca daṇḍakāraṇye kimarthaṃ carasi dvija||
English Meaning
O you the best of twice-born ones, we three being deprived of our kingdom by Kaikeyi have been living in this dense forest by virtue of our ! effulgence. Do you take heart for a moment and live here. Instantly shall my husband return with good many wild fruits and roots and with sufficient meat after killing many a deer, hog and Gosamp. Truly do you relate to me your name, Gotra and leneage. O you twice-born one, why do you range alone in this forest of Dandaka?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)