प्रसादयामि शिरसा न त्वं क्रोद्भुमिहार्हसि। शुनः स वचनं श्रुत्वा राघवो वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥ किं ते कार्य करोम्यद्य ब्रूहि विस्रब्ध मा चिरम्। रामस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा सारमेयोऽब्रवीदिदम्॥ धर्मेण राष्ट्रं विन्देत धर्मेणैवानुपालयेत्। धर्माच्छरण्यतां याति राजा सर्वभयापहः॥ इदं विज्ञाय यत्कृत्यं श्रूयतां मम राघव।
prasādayāmi śirasā na tvaṃ krodbhumihārhasi| śunaḥ sa vacanaṃ śrutvā rāghavo vākyamabravīt|| kiṃ te kārya karomyadya brūhi visrabdha mā ciram| rāmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā sārameyo'bravīdidam|| dharmeṇa rāṣṭraṃ vindeta dharmeṇaivānupālayet| dharmāccharaṇyatāṃ yāti rājā sarvabhayāpahaḥ|| idaṃ vijñāya yatkṛtyaṃ śrūyatāṃ mama rāghava|
English Meaning
With my head downwards, I beg for your satisfaction. Be not offended with me.' Hearing those wise words of the dog, Rāma said. “What shall I do for you? Do you mention it confidentially.” Whereto the dog replied, saying: It is by piety that a king governs his kingdom-it is by virtue that a king protects his subjects, becomes a refuge to all and removes the fear of his men. Keeping an eye on this, O Rāma do you hear, what I say.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)