सखा तु तव काकुत्स्थो रामः सत्यपराक्रमः। ससीतः सह सौमित्रिः स त्वां कुशलमब्रवीत्॥ पञ्चमीमद्य रजनीमुषित्वा वचनान्मुनेः। भरद्वाजाभ्यनुज्ञातं द्रक्ष्यस्यत्रैव राघवम् ॥
sakhā tu tava kākutstho rāmaḥ satyaparākramaḥ| sasītaḥ saha saumitriḥ sa tvāṃ kuśalamabravīt|| pañcamīmadya rajanīmuṣitvā vacanānmuneḥ| bharadvājābhyanujñātaṃ drakṣyasyatraiva rāghavam ||
English Meaning
Your friend Rāma, the descendant of Kākutstha, having truth for his prowess, with Sītā and son of Sumitrā, has enquired of your welfare. Having spent five nights* till today, he, having obtained permission from the ascetic Bharadvāja, shall proceed to-morrow. *Having spent five nights after the expire of fourteen years old exile be is living at the hermitage of Varadwaja. He shall leave that place tomorrow.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)