समुद्रं वा विचेष्यामः पर्वतांश्च वनानि च॥ गुहाश्च विविधा घोराः पद्मिन्यो विविधास्तथा। देवगन्धर्वलोकांश्च विचेष्यामः समाहिताः॥ यावनाधिगमिष्यामस्तव भार्यापहारिणम्। न चेत् साम्ना प्रदास्यन्ति पत्नी ते त्रिदशेश्वराः। कोशलेन्द्र ततः पश्चात् प्राप्तकालं करिष्यसि ॥
samudraṃ vā viceṣyāmaḥ parvatāṃśca vanāni ca|| guhāśca vividhā ghorāḥ padminyo vividhāstathā| devagandharvalokāṃśca viceṣyāmaḥ samāhitāḥ|| yāvanādhigamiṣyāmastava bhāryāpahāriṇam| na cet sāmnā pradāsyanti patnī te tridaśeśvarāḥ| kośalendra tataḥ paścāt prāptakālaṃ kariṣyasi ||
English Meaning
Explore shall we, with great care, the seas, the forest, the mountains, the fearful caves, the pools and the abodes of the celestials and Gandharvas until we find out the person who has carried away your wife. If the celestials do not return you peacefully your wife, O Lord of Kosala, you shall adopt imeasures, befitting the occasion.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)