यदर्थं वानरं सैन्यं समानीतमिदं मया। सुग्रीवश्च कृतो राज्ये निहत्वा वालिनं रणे।। यदर्थं सागरः क्रान्तः सेतुर्बद्धश्च सागरे॥ सोऽयमद्य रणे पापा आपश्चक्षुर्विषयमागतः। चक्षुर्विषयमागत्य नायं जीवितमर्हति॥
yadarthaṃ vānaraṃ sainyaṃ samānītamidaṃ mayā| sugrīvaśca kṛto rājye nihatvā vālinaṃ raṇe|| yadarthaṃ sāgaraḥ krāntaḥ seturbaddhaśca sāgare|| so'yamadya raṇe pāpā āpaścakṣurviṣayamāgataḥ| cakṣurviṣayamāgatya nāyaṃ jīvitamarhati||
English Meaning
He for whom I have brought over the monkey-forces, made Sugriva king, slaying Vali in battle, for whom I have crossed the ocean and constructed a bridge over the deep-the same has been come at by me in conflict, and the same has come within the range of my vision.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)