नूपुरे त्वभिजानामि नित्यं पादाभिवन्दनात्। ततस्तु राघवो वाक्यं सुग्रीवमिदमब्रवीत्॥ ब्रूहि सुग्रीव कं देशं ह्रियन्ती लक्षिता त्वया। रक्षसा रौद्ररूपेण मम प्राणप्रिया हृता॥
nūpure tvabhijānāmi nityaṃ pādābhivandanāt| tatastu rāghavo vākyaṃ sugrīvamidamabravīt|| brūhi sugrīva kaṃ deśaṃ hriyantī lakṣitā tvayā| rakṣasā raudrarūpeṇa mama prāṇapriyā hṛtā||
English Meaning
Thereupon Rāghava said these words to Sugriva, Tell me, O Sugriva, at what place didst you see Sītā, while she, dear to me as life, was taken away by the fierce-looking Raksasas?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)