न च नः कुरुषे वाक्यं हितं कालपुरस्कृतम्। आनीतासि समुद्रस्य पारमन्यैर्दुरासदम्॥ रावणान्तःपुरे घोरे प्रविष्टा चासि मैथिलि। रावणस्य गृहे रुद्धा अस्माभिस्त्वभिरक्षिता॥
na ca naḥ kuruṣe vākyaṃ hitaṃ kālapuraskṛtam| ānītāsi samudrasya pāramanyairdurāsadam|| rāvaṇāntaḥpure ghore praviṣṭā cāsi maithili| rāvaṇasya gṛhe ruddhā asmābhistvabhirakṣitā||
English Meaning
It will not lead to your well-being if you do not hear our words. You had been brought here, the other side of the ocean, difficult of being approached by others. You had come within the terrible abode of Rāvana O Maithili, and had been shut up in his room guarded by us all.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)