तमुवाच हरिश्रेष्ठं जाम्बवान् वाक्यकोविदः। ज्ञापते गमो शक्तिस्तव हवृक्षसत्तम॥ कामं शतसहस्रं वा नह्येष विधिरुच्यते। योजनानां भवाशक्तो गन्तुं प्रतिनिवर्तितुम्॥
tamuvāca hariśreṣṭhaṃ jāmbavān vākyakovidaḥ| jñāpate gamo śaktistava havṛkṣasattama|| kāmaṃ śatasahasraṃ vā nahyeṣa vidhirucyate| yojanānāṃ bhavāśakto gantuṃ pratinivartitum||
English Meaning
Thereat, Jāmbavān, cognizant of speech, said to that foremost of monkeys,-0 foremost of leonine as, we know your power of motion, you are capable of ursing a hundred thousand Yojanas, as well as of coming back. But we say that even this is what is fit.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)