हंससारससंघुष्टां वन्दे गोदावरी नदीम्। क्षिप्रं रामाय शंस त्वं सीतां हरति रावणः॥
haṃsasārasasaṃghuṣṭāṃ vande godāvarī nadīm| kṣipraṃ rāmāya śaṃsa tvaṃ sītāṃ harati rāvaṇaḥ||
English Meaning
I invoke you, O Godāvarī, having swans and cranes sporting in your stream, to tell Ráma that Rāvana has stolen away Sītã.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)