क्रुद्धोऽब्रवीद् गिरिं तत्र सिंहः क्षुद्रमृगं यथा॥ तां हेमवर्णां हेमाङ्गी सीतां दर्शय पर्वत। यावत् सानूनि सर्वाणि न ते विध्वंसयाम्यहम्॥ एवमुक्तस्तु रामेण पर्वतो मैथिली प्रति। दर्शयन्निव तां सीतां नादर्शयत राघवे॥
kruddho'bravīd giriṃ tatra siṃhaḥ kṣudramṛgaṃ yathā|| tāṃ hemavarṇāṃ hemāṅgī sītāṃ darśaya parvata| yāvat sānūni sarvāṇi na te vidhvaṃsayāmyaham|| evamuktastu rāmeṇa parvato maithilī prati| darśayanniva tāṃ sītāṃ nādarśayata rāghave||
English Meaning
Exceedingly wroth he accosted the mountain like to a lion addressing a little deer, saying Show me my graceful Sītā hued like gold before I crush down your summits. Being thus addressed by Rāma on Maithili's account the mountain did not show him Sītā.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)