मां वा हरेयुस्त्वद्धस्ताद् विशसेयुरथापि वा। अनवस्थौ हि दृश्येते युद्धे जयपराजयौ॥ अहं वापि विपद्येयं रक्षोभिरभितर्जिता। त्वत्प्रयत्नो हरिश्रेष्ठ भवेनिष्फल एव तु॥
māṃ vā hareyustvaddhastād viśaseyurathāpi vā| anavasthau hi dṛśyete yuddhe jayaparājayau|| ahaṃ vāpi vipadyeyaṃ rakṣobhirabhitarjitā| tvatprayatno hariśreṣṭha bhaveniṣphala eva tu||
English Meaning
Victory or defeat is uncertain in a battle. I shall thus be distressed by those Rākşasas setting up terrible roars and they endeavours shall be fruitless, O best of monkeys.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)