विप्रकारमपाक्रष्टुं राक्षसैर्भवतामिमम्। पितुस्तु निर्देशकरः प्रविष्टोऽहमिदं वनम् ॥
viprakāramapākraṣṭuṃ rākṣasairbhavatāmimam| pitustu nirdeśakaraḥ praviṣṭo'hamidaṃ vanam ||
English Meaning
I have entered this forest in obedience to the mandate of my father, with the object (at the same time) of putting an end to these ravages of the Rākşasas on you.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)