तमुवाचाथ सुग्रीवः सप्त सालानिमान् पुरा। एवमेकैकशो वाली विव्याधाथ स चासकृत्॥ रामो निर्दारयेदेषां बाणेनैकेन च दुमम्। वालिनं निहतं मन्ये दृष्ट्वा रामस्य विक्रमम्॥ हतस्य महिषस्यास्थि पादेनैकेन लक्ष्मण। उद्यम्य प्रक्षिपेच्चापि तरसा द्वे धनुःशते ॥
tamuvācātha sugrīvaḥ sapta sālānimān purā| evamekaikaśo vālī vivyādhātha sa cāsakṛt|| rāmo nirdārayedeṣāṃ bāṇenaikena ca dumam| vālinaṃ nihataṃ manye dṛṣṭvā rāmasya vikramam|| hatasya mahiṣasyāsthi pādenaikena lakṣmaṇa| udyamya prakṣipeccāpi tarasā dve dhanuḥśate ||
English Meaning
Thereupon Sugrīva bespake him-These seven Sāla trees, before you, the mighty Vāli, formerly pierced, all at a time, with one shaft. If Rāma can aim at one of these only with one arrow and if he can, O Laksmana, throw the bones of this dead buffalo at a distance of two hundred bows-I shall consider Vali slain.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)