तेषां शशंस गङ्गायामहमापृच्छय राघवम्। अनुज्ञातो निवृत्तोऽस्मि धार्मिकेण महात्मना ॥ ते तीर्णा इति विज्ञाय वाष्पपूर्णमुखा नराः। अहो धिगिति निःश्वस्य हा रामेति विचुक्रुशुः॥ शुश्राव च वचस्तेषां वृन्दं वृन्दं च तिष्ठताम्। हताः स्म खलु ये नेह पश्याम इति राघवम्॥
teṣāṃ śaśaṃsa gaṅgāyāmahamāpṛcchaya rāghavam| anujñāto nivṛtto'smi dhārmikeṇa mahātmanā || te tīrṇā iti vijñāya vāṣpapūrṇamukhā narāḥ| aho dhigiti niḥśvasya hā rāmeti vicukruśuḥ|| śuśrāva ca vacasteṣāṃ vṛndaṃ vṛndaṃ ca tiṣṭhatām| hatāḥ sma khalu ye neha paśyāma iti rāghavam||
English Meaning
To them he replied, “Having asked Rāghava on the Gangā and being permitted by him, I have been sent away by that high-souled righteous one." Learning that they (Rāma and the rest) had crossed over (the Ganga), the men with tears in their eyes, sighed forth “O fie!" and began to bewail, exclaiming, “Ah Rāma." And he heard crowds exclaim, Not seeing Rāma in the car, we cease to exist.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)