तत्र तत्र विचिन्वन्तो बिले तत्र महाप्रभाः॥ ददृशुर्वानराः शूराः स्त्रियं कांचिददूरतः। तां च ते ददृशुस्तत्र चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बराम्॥ तापसी नियताहारां ज्वलन्तीमिव तेजसा।। विस्मिता हरयस्तत्र व्यवतिष्ठन्त सर्वशः। पप्रच्छ हनुमांस्तत्र काऽसि त्वं कस्य वा बिलम्॥
tatra tatra vicinvanto bile tatra mahāprabhāḥ|| dadṛśurvānarāḥ śūrāḥ striyaṃ kāṃcidadūrataḥ| tāṃ ca te dadṛśustatra cīrakṛṣṇājināmbarām|| tāpasī niyatāhārāṃ jvalantīmiva tejasā|| vismitā harayastatra vyavatiṣṭhanta sarvaśaḥ| papraccha hanumāṃstatra kā'si tvaṃ kasya vā bilam||
English Meaning
And they found her there, wearing a black deer-skin,-a female ascetic, with restrained fare-as if flaming in energy. Amazed, the monkeys sat them down in a body. And then Hanumān asked her,-Who are you? And to whom does this cave belong?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)