दत्ताभयवधो नाम पातकं महदद्भुतम्। अहं च लक्ष्मणश्चैव सीता च वरवर्णिना॥ त्वदधीना वयं सर्वे वनेऽस्मिशरणं भवान्। तस्माद् युध्यस्व भूयस्त्वं मा माशङ्कीश्च वानर ॥
dattābhayavadho nāma pātakaṃ mahadadbhutam| ahaṃ ca lakṣmaṇaścaiva sītā ca varavarṇinā|| tvadadhīnā vayaṃ sarve vane'smiśaraṇaṃ bhavān| tasmād yudhyasva bhūyastvaṃ mā māśaṅkīśca vānara ||
English Meaning
Mighty is the sin that ariseth from the destruction of one who has been offered shelter. Myself, Laksmana, and that exquisitely fine damsel-Sita-are all at your service-you or are our only refuge in this forest. Do you again enter into conflict, therefore, and do not fear, O monkey.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)