ध्रुवं नो हिंसते राजा सर्वान् प्रतिगतानितः॥ वधेनाप्रतिरूपेण श्रेयान् मृत्युरिहैव नः।
dhruvaṃ no hiṃsate rājā sarvān pratigatānitaḥ|| vadhenāpratirūpeṇa śreyān mṛtyurihaiva naḥ|
English Meaning
Death at this place is preferable to the unequal punishment (we must meet with at the hands of Sugriva).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)