हन्त लक्ष्मण पश्येह सुमित्रा सुप्रजास्त्वया। भीमस्तनितगम्भीरं तुमुलः श्रूयते स्वनः॥ गजयूथानि वारण्ये महिषा वा महावने। वित्रासिता मृगाः सिंहै: सहसा प्रदुता दिशः।।।।। राजा वा राजपुत्रो वा मृगयामटते वने। अन्यद्वा श्वापदं किंचित् सौमित्रे ज्ञातुमर्हसि॥
hanta lakṣmaṇa paśyeha sumitrā suprajāstvayā| bhīmastanitagambhīraṃ tumulaḥ śrūyate svanaḥ|| gajayūthāni vāraṇye mahiṣā vā mahāvane| vitrāsitā mṛgāḥ siṃhai: sahasā pradutā diśaḥ||||| rājā vā rājaputro vā mṛgayāmaṭate vane| anyadvā śvāpadaṃ kiṃcit saumitre jñātumarhasi||
English Meaning
Ha! Lakşmaņa, in whom Şumitrā has been blest with a worthy son, hark! A tremendous and dreadful uproar resembling the rumbling of clouds is being heard; and in the woods and mighty forest, deer and buffaloes and herds of elephants being accompanied by lions are suddenly scampering away in all directions. O Sumitrā's son, it behoves you to learn whether any king or prince is hunting in the forest, or any ferocious beast is (ravaging the woods).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)