साधु पृच्छ नरश्रेष्ठ वाल्मीकिं मुनिपुङ्गवम्। शत्रुघ्नस्त्वब्रवीत्सर्वान्कौतूहलसमन्वितान्॥ सैनिकानक्षमोऽस्माकं परिप्रष्टुमिहेदृशः। आश्चर्याणि बहूनीह भवन्त्यस्याश्रमे मुनेः॥
sādhu pṛccha naraśreṣṭha vālmīkiṃ munipuṅgavam| śatrughnastvabravītsarvānkautūhalasamanvitān|| sainikānakṣamo'smākaṃ paripraṣṭumihedṛśaḥ| āścaryāṇi bahūnīha bhavantyasyāśrame muneḥ||
English Meaning
O foremost of men, do you ask particularly, about this, Vālmīki, the foremost of ascetics. They being all thus struck with curiosity, Satrughna said: It is not proper for us, O You soldiers, to question him in this way. There are many such wonders in the hermitage of this ascetic.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)