न क्षमं चापराद्धानां गमनं स्वामिपार्श्वतः। प्रधानभूताश्च वयं सुग्रीवस्य समागताः॥ इहैव सीतामन्वीक्ष्य प्रवृत्तिमुपलभ्य वा। नो चेद् गच्छाम तं वीरं गमिष्यामो यमक्षयम्॥
na kṣamaṃ cāparāddhānāṃ gamanaṃ svāmipārśvataḥ| pradhānabhūtāśca vayaṃ sugrīvasya samāgatāḥ|| ihaiva sītāmanvīkṣya pravṛttimupalabhya vā| no ced gacchāma taṃ vīraṃ gamiṣyāmo yamakṣayam||
English Meaning
Those who have transgressed, cannot come to the side of their master. Having come hither as the principal servants of Sugrīva, we shall either see Sītā or obtain information concerning her, or else, O hero, we shall repair to the mansion of Yama.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)