इक्ष्वाकूणां कुले जातः सिंहस्कन्धो महाद्युतिः। लक्ष्मणेन सह भ्रात्रा यस्ते प्राणान् वधिष्यति॥ प्रत्यक्षं यद्यहं तस्य त्वया वै धर्षिता बलात्। शयिता त्वं हतः संख्ये जनस्थाने यथा खरः॥
ikṣvākūṇāṃ kule jātaḥ siṃhaskandho mahādyutiḥ| lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā yaste prāṇān vadhiṣyati|| pratyakṣaṃ yadyahaṃ tasya tvayā vai dharṣitā balāt| śayitā tvaṃ hataḥ saṃkhye janasthāne yathā kharaḥ||
English Meaning
Born in the race of the Ikşvākus, the has the shoulders of a lion and is possessed of exceeding effulgence-the same that along with his brother, Laksmana, shall take your life. If you had wronged me forcibly in his presence, you would have slain in battle in Janasthāna even as Khara.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)