ततः कपि तं प्रसमीक्ष्य गर्वितं जितश्रमं शत्रुपराजयोचितम्। अवैक्षताक्ष: समुदीर्णमानसं सबाणपाणिः प्रगृहीतकार्मुकः॥
tataḥ kapi taṃ prasamīkṣya garvitaṃ jitaśramaṃ śatruparājayocitam| avaikṣatākṣa: samudīrṇamānasaṃ sabāṇapāṇiḥ pragṛhītakārmukaḥ||
English Meaning
And finding the monkey proud and untiring, capable of vanquishing his foe, and possessed of exalted spirits, Akșa took up his bow and held his arrows in his hands.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)