भूयः स चिन्तयामास मुहूर्ते कपिकुञ्जरः। कथमस्मद्विधस्येह बन्धनं राक्षसाधमैः॥ प्रतिक्रियास्य युक्ता स्यात् सति मह्यं पराक्रमे।
bhūyaḥ sa cintayāmāsa muhūrte kapikuñjaraḥ| kathamasmadvidhasyeha bandhanaṃ rākṣasādhamaiḥ|| pratikriyāsya yuktā syāt sati mahyaṃ parākrame|
English Meaning
Then the elephantine monkey again reflected for a while, “Why should one like me suffer one's self to be bound by vile Rākşasas? Therefore it is meet that I should, displaying my prowess, avenge (this wrong)."
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)