अथ रक्षांसि भीमानि महान्ति बलवन्ति च। कथंचित् साम्पराये त्वां जयेयुः कपिसत्तम॥ अथवा युध्यमानस्य पतेयं विमुखस्य ते। पतितां च गृहीत्वा मां नयेयुः पापराक्षसाः॥
atha rakṣāṃsi bhīmāni mahānti balavanti ca| kathaṃcit sāmparāye tvāṃ jayeyuḥ kapisattama|| athavā yudhyamānasya pateyaṃ vimukhasya te| patitāṃ ca gṛhītvā māṃ nayeyuḥ pāparākṣasāḥ||
English Meaning
O foremost of monkeys those terrible and powerful Rākşasas shall be able to defeat you a little. And when you shall be defeated in battle I shall fall down and those vicious Rākṣasas shall carry me away from your hands or destroy me.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)