प्रणयाद्बहुमानाच्च सौहार्देन च राघव। प्रसादयामि प्रेष्योऽहं न खल्वाज्ञापयामि ते॥
praṇayādbahumānācca sauhārdena ca rāghava| prasādayāmi preṣyo'haṃ na khalvājñāpayāmi te||
English Meaning
O Rāma, out of love, honour, and brotherly feeling, I do crave your premising. I am a servant I cannot command you.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)