हतेऽसुरे संयति शम्बसादने कपिप्रवीरेण महर्षिचोदनात्।। ततोऽस्मि वायुप्रभवो हि मैथिलि प्रभावतस्तत्प्रतिमश्च वानरः॥
hate'sure saṃyati śambasādane kapipravīreṇa maharṣicodanāt|| tato'smi vāyuprabhavo hi maithili prabhāvatastatpratimaśca vānaraḥ||
English Meaning
When the Asura Śambasādana was destroyed in conflict by that best of monkeys at the desire of the celestial ascetics, I was born of the Wind, O Maithili. I look like a monkey but am his equa's in prowess.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)