सुग्रीवप्रियकामेन यदहं निहतस्त्वया। मामेव यदि पूर्वं त्वमेतदर्थमचोदयः। मैथिलीमहमेकाह्वा तव चानीतवान्भवः ॥ राक्षसं च दुरात्मानं तव भार्यापहारिणम्। कण्ठे बद्ध्वा प्रदद्यां तेऽनिहतं रावणं रणे।।५०
sugrīvapriyakāmena yadahaṃ nihatastvayā| māmeva yadi pūrvaṃ tvametadarthamacodayaḥ| maithilīmahamekāhvā tava cānītavānbhavaḥ || rākṣasaṃ ca durātmānaṃ tava bhāryāpahāriṇam| kaṇṭhe baddhvā pradadyāṃ te'nihataṃ rāvaṇaṃ raṇe||50
English Meaning
I have been killed by you, desirous of encompassing Sugrīva's well being. Hadst you apprized me of your object before, I would have got you your Maithili in the course of a day, and brought, by the neck, that vicious-souled Raks asa-Rāvaņa, the ravisher of your spouse with out putting an end to his life in the battle.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)