दह्यमानो दिवाराचं विश्वामित्रं तपोधनम्॥ चण्डालरूपिणं राम मुनिः कारुण्यमागतः। कारुण्यात् स महातेजा वाक्यं परमधार्मिकः॥ इदं जगाद भद्रं ते राजानं घोरदर्शनम्। किमागमनकार्यं ते राजपुत्र महाबल॥ अयोद्याधिपते वीर शापाच्चण्डालतां गतः।
dahyamāno divārācaṃ viśvāmitraṃ tapodhanam|| caṇḍālarūpiṇaṃ rāma muniḥ kāruṇyamāgataḥ| kāruṇyāt sa mahātejā vākyaṃ paramadhārmikaḥ|| idaṃ jagāda bhadraṃ te rājānaṃ ghoradarśanam| kimāgamanakāryaṃ te rājaputra mahābala|| ayodyādhipate vīra śāpāccaṇḍālatāṃ gataḥ|
English Meaning
And beholding to disappointed king in the guise of a Chandala, the ascetic, O Rāma, was touched with pity. And from commiseration, that pre-eminently pious and exceedingly energetic one said to that king frightful to behold, saying, 'Good betide you, O heroic lord of Ayodhya, you have fallen into Chandala-hood through a curse, what is the purpose of your coming, O highly powerful prince?'
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)