एष देव दशग्रीवः प्राप्तो गन्तुं त्रिविष्टपम्॥ तेन सैन्यसहायेन निशेयं परिणामिता। आयान्ती तेन दृष्टास्मि त्वत्सकाशमरिंदम्॥ गृहीता तेन पृष्टास्मि कस्य त्वमिति रक्षसा।
eṣa deva daśagrīvaḥ prāpto gantuṃ triviṣṭapam|| tena sainyasahāyena niśeyaṃ pariṇāmitā| āyāntī tena dṛṣṭāsmi tvatsakāśamariṃdam|| gṛhītā tena pṛṣṭāsmi kasya tvamiti rakṣasā|
English Meaning
O lord, on his way to heaven, Dasagrīva has arrived here and has spent the night with his army. While I was coming to you, O slayer of foes, I was seen by him. Then holding me he said-“Where are you going?"
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)