यदि नामात्र शक्यं स्यात्साम्ना दानेन वानघ। तरसा वा महाबाहो प्रत्यानेतुं कृतं भवेत्॥ त्वं च लङ्केश्वरस्तात भविष्यसि न संशयः। त्वया राक्षसवंशोऽयं निमग्नोऽपि समुद्धृतः॥
yadi nāmātra śakyaṃ syātsāmnā dānena vānagha| tarasā vā mahābāho pratyānetuṃ kṛtaṃ bhavet|| tvaṃ ca laṅkeśvarastāta bhaviṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ| tvayā rākṣasavaṃśo'yaṃ nimagno'pi samuddhṛtaḥ||
English Meaning
O mighty-armed one, if you can through selfcontrol or charity or by a sudden display of prowess, repossesses yourself of the same, a (great) thing shall have been achieved; and then, O child, you should, without doubt, be the lord of Lankā; and this Raksasa race, which has sunk, shall have been raised up by you.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)