ततः शापभयाद् भीतो ऋष्यमूकं महागिरिम्। प्रवेष्टुं नेच्छति हरिद्रष्टुं वापि नरेश्वर ॥ तस्याप्रवेशं ज्ञात्वाहमिदं राम महावनम्। विचरामि सहामात्यो विषादेन विवर्जितः॥
tataḥ śāpabhayād bhīto ṛṣyamūkaṃ mahāgirim| praveṣṭuṃ necchati haridraṣṭuṃ vāpi nareśvara || tasyāpraveśaṃ jñātvāhamidaṃ rāma mahāvanam| vicarāmi sahāmātyo viṣādena vivarjitaḥ||
English Meaning
O Lord of men, afraid of the curse that monkey chief purposed to repair to the mount Rş yamuka. Knowing for certain, O Rāma, that he shall not enter this forest, I have been living here with my ministers, devoid of fear and grief.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)