अहं ह्यतितनुश्चैव वानरश्च विशेषतः। वाचं चोदाहरिष्यामि मानुषीमिह संस्कृताम्॥
ahaṃ hyatitanuścaiva vānaraśca viśeṣataḥ| vācaṃ codāhariṣyāmi mānuṣīmiha saṃskṛtām||
English Meaning
And a puny monkey as I am, I shall speak in Sanskrit (The language refined by the strict rules of grammar) which men delight to use.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)