तव शासनमाज्ञाय गतोऽस्मि भवनं प्रति। उपस्थातुं नरश्रेष्ठ स च मां प्रत्यभाषत॥ निर्जितस्त्वं नरेन्द्रेण राघवेण महात्मना। निहत्य युधि दुर्धर्षं रावणं राक्षसेश्वरम्॥
tava śāsanamājñāya gato'smi bhavanaṃ prati| upasthātuṃ naraśreṣṭha sa ca māṃ pratyabhāṣata|| nirjitastvaṃ narendreṇa rāghaveṇa mahātmanā| nihatya yudhi durdharṣaṃ rāvaṇaṃ rākṣaseśvaram||
English Meaning
O foremost of men, at your command I did go there to carry him. But he said to me. “Having slain the irrepressible Rāvaņa in battle the highsouled Rama, the foremost of men, has conquered you.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)