अथ द्विजवरस्तत्र रामं दृष्ट्वा महाद्युतिः॥ किं ते कार्यं मया राम तब्रूहि त्वं ममानघ। एवमुक्तस्तु विप्रेण रामो वचनमब्रवीत्॥ त्वया दत्तः प्रहारोऽयं सारमेयस्य वै द्विजा किं तवापकृतं विप्र दण्डेनाभिहतो यतः॥
atha dvijavarastatra rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahādyutiḥ|| kiṃ te kāryaṃ mayā rāma tabrūhi tvaṃ mamānagha| evamuktastu vipreṇa rāmo vacanamabravīt|| tvayā dattaḥ prahāro'yaṃ sārameyasya vai dvijā kiṃ tavāpakṛtaṃ vipra daṇḍenābhihato yataḥ||
English Meaning
Thereupon beholding Rāma in the assembly that effulgent and leading twice-born one said: "O blameless Rāma, tell me what I shall do for you. Whereto Rāmă said "Otwice-born one, you have hurt this dog. What offence did it commit by you that you did strike it severely with a rod.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)