ऊचुस्ते च महीपाला बलतर्पसमन्विताः। न रामरावणं युद्धेः पश्यामः पुरतः स्थितम्॥ भरतेन वयं पश्चात्समानीता निरर्थकम्। हता हि राक्षसाः क्षिप्रं पार्थिवैः स्युर्न संशयः॥
ūcuste ca mahīpālā balatarpasamanvitāḥ| na rāmarāvaṇaṃ yuddheḥ paśyāmaḥ purataḥ sthitam|| bharatena vayaṃ paścātsamānītā nirarthakam| hatā hi rākṣasāḥ kṣipraṃ pārthivaiḥ syurna saṃśayaḥ||
English Meaning
Those kings, proud and powerful, spoke to one another-We did not face Ravana~ the enemy of Răma; Bharata did uselessly invite us after the destruction of Rāvana. Had they brought us earlier, we would, forsooth, have slain him,
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)