त्वया कार्यं नरव्याघ्र मामनुव्रजता कृतम्। अन्वेष्टव्या हि वैदेह्या रक्षणार्थं सहायता॥ अद्भिरेव हि सौमित्रे वत्स्याम्यद्य निशामिमाम्। एतद्धि रोचते मह्यं वन्येऽपि विविधे सति॥
tvayā kāryaṃ naravyāghra māmanuvrajatā kṛtam| anveṣṭavyā hi vaidehyā rakṣaṇārthaṃ sahāyatā|| adbhireva hi saumitre vatsyāmyadya niśāmimām| etaddhi rocate mahyaṃ vanye'pi vividhe sati||
English Meaning
foremost of men, that you have followed me in what is your duty. (If you had not done so), I should have to seek elsewhere for the protection of Vaidehī.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)