प्रवृत्तिर्लभ्यतां तावत् तस्य पापस्य रक्षसः। ततो हास्यति वा सीतां निधनं वा गमिष्यति ॥
pravṛttirlabhyatāṃ tāvat tasya pāpasya rakṣasaḥ| tato hāsyati vā sītāṃ nidhanaṃ vā gamiṣyati ||
English Meaning
Do you procure information about the vicioussouled Rākṣasa; either he shall give up Sītā or meet with destruction.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)