अहो धिङ् नार्हसे देवि वक्तुं मामीदृशं वचः। अहं हि वचनाद् राज्ञः पतेयमपि पावके॥ भक्षयेयं विषं तीक्ष्णं पतेयमपि चार्णवे। नियुक्तो गुरुणा पित्रा नृपेण च हितेन च॥ तद् ब्रूहि वचनं देवि राज्ञो यदभिकाशितम्। करिष्ये प्रतिजाने च रामो द्विर्नाभिभाषते ॥
aho dhiṅ nārhase devi vaktuṃ māmīdṛśaṃ vacaḥ| ahaṃ hi vacanād rājñaḥ pateyamapi pāvake|| bhakṣayeyaṃ viṣaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ pateyamapi cārṇave| niyukto guruṇā pitrā nṛpeṇa ca hitena ca|| tad brūhi vacanaṃ devi rājño yadabhikāśitam| kariṣye pratijāne ca rāmo dvirnābhibhāṣate ||
English Meaning
Oh! shame to me. May it not please you, Oh worshipful lady, to speak such words to me. I can at the king's words jump into the fire. Being ordered by him, who is my father and who is my king especially, I can drink virulent poison and drown into the ocean. Speak you, Oh worshipful lady, what is the desire of the king, and know that I shall carry it out, Rāma does not contradict what he has once spoken.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)