स निर्जित्य पुरीं लङ्कां श्रेष्ठां तां कामरूपिणीम्। विक्रमेण महातेजा हनूमान् कपिसत्तमः॥ अद्वारेण महावीर्यः प्राकारमवपुप्लुवे। निशि लङ्कां महासत्त्वो विवेश कपिकुञ्जरः॥
sa nirjitya purīṃ laṅkāṃ śreṣṭhāṃ tāṃ kāmarūpiṇīm| vikrameṇa mahātejā hanūmān kapisattamaḥ|| advāreṇa mahāvīryaḥ prākāramavapupluve| niśi laṅkāṃ mahāsattvo viveśa kapikuñjaraḥ||
English Meaning
Having by his vigour vanquished the excellent City of Lankā capable of wearing forms at will, that exceedingly energetic foremost of monkeys, Hanumān, endued with prodigious prowess, Ieaped sheer over a wall, where doorway there was none; and that elephantine monkey gifted with great strength entered Lankā by night.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)