ब्रह्मन्प्रतिबलः शीघ्रं वने फलकृताशनः। चिन्वन्मधूनि मुख्यानि चिन्वन्पुष्पाण्यनेकशः॥ दिने दिने च सायाह्ने ब्रह्मणोऽन्तिकमागमत्। गृहीत्वा राम मुख्यानि पुष्पाणि च फलानि च॥ ब्रह्मणो देवदेवस्य पादमूले न्यवेदयत्। एवं तस्य गतः कालो बहु पर्यटतो गिरिम्॥ कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य समतीतस्य राघव। ऋक्षराड् वानरश्रेष्ठस्तृषया परिपीडितः॥ उत्तरं मेरुशिखरं गतस्तत्र च दृष्टवान्। नानाविहगसंघुष्टं प्रसन्नसलिलं सरः॥
brahmanpratibalaḥ śīghraṃ vane phalakṛtāśanaḥ| cinvanmadhūni mukhyāni cinvanpuṣpāṇyanekaśaḥ|| dine dine ca sāyāhne brahmaṇo'ntikamāgamat| gṛhītvā rāma mukhyāni puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca|| brahmaṇo devadevasya pādamūle nyavedayat| evaṃ tasya gataḥ kālo bahu paryaṭato girim|| kasyacittvatha kālasya samatītasya rāghava| ṛkṣarāḍ vānaraśreṣṭhastṛṣayā paripīḍitaḥ|| uttaraṃ meruśikharaṃ gatastatra ca dṛṣṭavān| nānāvihagasaṃghuṣṭaṃ prasannasalilaṃ saraḥ||
English Meaning
There living on fruits and collecting honey and various flowers, he, every day, used to come to Brahmă in the evening. O Rāma, in this wise he used to make an offering of an excellent fruits and flowers at the feet of Brahmā, the god of gods. Journeying in this way over the mountain he spent many long years. Some time having elapsed in this way, O Raghava, Rksaraja, the foremost of monkeys, being distressed with thirst, repaired to the excellent mountain Meru. There is a pond of pure water, resonant with the notes of various birds.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)