समीक्ष्य तं संयति चित्रकार्मुकं महाबलं वासवतुल्यविक्रमम्। सलक्ष्मणं को विषहेत राघवं हुताशनं दीप्तमिवानिलेरितम्॥
samīkṣya taṃ saṃyati citrakārmukaṃ mahābalaṃ vāsavatulyavikramam| salakṣmaṇaṃ ko viṣaheta rāghavaṃ hutāśanaṃ dīptamivānileritam||
English Meaning
Beholding that highly powerful Rāghava, in a conflict, like to Vāsava in prowess, holding a wonderful bow and followed by Lakşmaņa, who can withstand his prowess resembling the flaming fire?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)