अवसज्ज्य शिलां कण्ठे समुद्रं तर्तुमिच्छसि। सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ चोभौ पाणिभ्यां हर्तुमिच्छसि ॥ यो रामस्य प्रियां भार्यां प्रधर्षयितुमिच्छसि। अग्नि प्रज्वलितं दृष्ट्वा वस्त्रेणाहर्तुमिच्छसि॥ कल्याणवृत्तं शूलानामग्रे चरितुमिच्छसि। रामस्य सदृशी भार्या योऽधिगन्तुं त्वमिच्छसि॥
avasajjya śilāṃ kaṇṭhe samudraṃ tartumicchasi| sūryācandramasau cobhau pāṇibhyāṃ hartumicchasi || yo rāmasya priyāṃ bhāryāṃ pradharṣayitumicchasi| agni prajvalitaṃ dṛṣṭvā vastreṇāhartumicchasi|| kalyāṇavṛttaṃ śūlānāmagre caritumicchasi| rāmasya sadṛśī bhāryā yo'dhigantuṃ tvamicchasi||
English Meaning
You did wish to swim across an ocean, having a rock tied to your neck. You did wish to get at the Sun and Moon, to bind a flaming fire with a piece of cloth and walk through iron-spikes, as you have wished to come by the worthy spouse of Rama.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)