यदाज्ञप्तं महाराज सर्व तत्कृतवानहम्। हतः स लवणः पापः पुरी चास्य निवेशिता॥ द्वादशैतानि वर्षाणि त्वां विना रघुनन्दन। नोत्सहेयमहं वस्तुं त्वया विरहितो नृप॥
yadājñaptaṃ mahārāja sarva tatkṛtavānaham| hataḥ sa lavaṇaḥ pāpaḥ purī cāsya niveśitā|| dvādaśaitāni varṣāṇi tvāṃ vinā raghunandana| notsaheyamahaṃ vastuṃ tvayā virahito nṛpa||
English Meaning
O great king, I have carried out all your behests; I have slain the vicious Lavaņa and filled his city with subjects. O descendant of Raghu, twelve years have passed away without you, I do not wish to live any longer separated from you.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)