प्रतिज्ञातस्त्वया वीर दण्डकारण्यवासिनाम्। ऋषीणां रक्षणार्थाय वधः संयति रक्षसाम् ॥
pratijñātastvayā vīra daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinām| ṛṣīṇāṃ rakṣaṇārthāya vadhaḥ saṃyati rakṣasām ||
English Meaning
You have, O hero, for the protection of the saints dwelling in the forest of Dandaka, Promised the slaughter of Rākṣasas in battle.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)