गृहीत्वा लोहमुसलं द्वारं विष्टभ्य तिष्ठति॥ अथ संदर्शनात्तस्य ऊर्ध्वरोमा बभूव सः। हृदयं कम्पते चास्य वेपथुश्चाप्यजायत॥ निमित्तान्यमनोज्ञानि दृष्ट्वा राम व्यचिन्तयत्।
gṛhītvā lohamusalaṃ dvāraṃ viṣṭabhya tiṣṭhati|| atha saṃdarśanāttasya ūrdhvaromā babhūva saḥ| hṛdayaṃ kampate cāsya vepathuścāpyajāyata|| nimittānyamanojñāni dṛṣṭvā rāma vyacintayat|
English Meaning
And taking up an iron mace he stood at the gate. Beholding him, Daśānana's hairs stood on their end his heart and body trembled. And seeing these bad omens, O Rama, he began to think within himself.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)