सुषुवे यममित्रघ्नं कौसल्याऽऽनन्दवर्धनम्। भ्रात्रा सह सभार्यो यश्चिरं प्रवाजितो वनम्॥ नियुक्तः स्त्रीनिमित्तेन पित्रा योऽसौ महायशाः। वनवासी भवेतीह समाः किल चतुर्दश॥ कच्चिन्न तस्यापापस्य पापं कर्तुमिहेच्छसि। अकण्टकं भोक्तुमना राज्यं तस्यानुजस्य च॥
suṣuve yamamitraghnaṃ kausalyā''nandavardhanam| bhrātrā saha sabhāryo yaściraṃ pravājito vanam|| niyuktaḥ strīnimittena pitrā yo'sau mahāyaśāḥ| vanavāsī bhavetīha samāḥ kila caturdaśa|| kaccinna tasyāpāpasya pāpaṃ kartumihecchasi| akaṇṭakaṃ bhoktumanā rājyaṃ tasyānujasya ca||
English Meaning
That slayer of foes and perpetuator of his race who has been born by Kausalyā, and who along with his wife and brother has been banished to the woods for a long term, that illustrious one who enjoined by his sire in the interests of a woman, has become an inhabitant of the woods for fourteen years, do you, desirous of securely enjoying the kingdon belonging to him as well to his younger brother, intend to do any harm to that sinless one?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)