निर्दग्धपत्रः पतितो विन्ध्येऽहं वानरर्षभाः। अहमस्मिन् वसन् भ्रातुः प्रवृत्तिं नोपलक्षये॥
nirdagdhapatraḥ patito vindhye'haṃ vānararṣabhāḥ| ahamasmin vasan bhrātuḥ pravṛttiṃ nopalakṣaye||
English Meaning
Thereat, my pinions scathed, I dropped down on Vindhya, you foremost of monkeys; and staying here, I could not know the circumstances that have befallen my brother.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)