विषये वा पुरे वा ते यदा पापं करोम्यहम्। न च त्वामवजानेऽहं कस्मात्त्वं हंस्यकिल्विषम्॥ फलमूलाशनं नित्यं वानरं वनगोचरम्। मामिहाप्रतियुध्यन्तमन्येन च समागतम्॥ त्वं नराधिपतेः पुत्रः प्रतीतः प्रियदर्शनः। लिङ्गमप्यस्ति ते राजन् दृश्यते धर्मसंहितम्॥
viṣaye vā pure vā te yadā pāpaṃ karomyaham| na ca tvāmavajāne'haṃ kasmāttvaṃ haṃsyakilviṣam|| phalamūlāśanaṃ nityaṃ vānaraṃ vanagocaram| māmihāpratiyudhyantamanyena ca samāgatam|| tvaṃ narādhipateḥ putraḥ pratītaḥ priyadarśanaḥ| liṅgamapyasti te rājan dṛśyate dharmasaṃhitam||
English Meaning
I have not done you any wrong either in your kingdom or in your city. Nor have I passed by you. Why have you then destroyed me, who am a monkey ranging always in the woods, living on fruits and roots and who have come here to fight with another person? It appears that you are of a kingly father and of a graceful countenance. And, O king, there are marks of piety on your person.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)