राघवेण तु वीरेण भयमुत्सृज्य दूरतः। त्वत्प्रियार्थं हतो वाली शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमः॥ सर्वथा प्रणयात् क्रुद्धो राघवो नात्र संशयः। भ्रातरं सम्प्रहीतवाँल्लक्ष्मणं लक्ष्मिवर्धनम्॥
rāghaveṇa tu vīreṇa bhayamutsṛjya dūrataḥ| tvatpriyārthaṃ hato vālī śakratulyaparākramaḥ|| sarvathā praṇayāt kruddho rāghavo nātra saṃśayaḥ| bhrātaraṃ samprahītavā~llakṣmaṇaṃ lakṣmivardhanam||
English Meaning
To encompass your well-being, Vali, powerful as the Lord of celestials, was fearlessly destroyed by the heroic Rāghava. There is not the least doubt, that Rāghava, out of love, is enraged with you, and has despatched his younger brother Lakşmaņa, the enhancer of prosperity.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)