न जानाति पुरा वीर्यं मम युद्धे स राघवः। मम चापमयीं वीणां शरकोणैः प्रवादिताम्।॥ ज्याशब्दतुमुलां घोरामार्तगीतमहास्वनाम्। नाराचतलसंनादां नदीमहितवाहिनीम्।। अवगाह्य महारङ्गं वादयिष्याम्यहं रणे॥
na jānāti purā vīryaṃ mama yuddhe sa rāghavaḥ| mama cāpamayīṃ vīṇāṃ śarakoṇaiḥ pravāditām||| jyāśabdatumulāṃ ghorāmārtagītamahāsvanām| nārācatalasaṃnādāṃ nadīmahitavāhinīm|| avagāhya mahāraṅgaṃ vādayiṣyāmyahaṃ raṇe||
English Meaning
Rāghava has not in conflict formerly known my bow representing my Vinā sounded with my shafts; having tremendous sounds proceeding from the strings; dreadful; with the cries of distressed people for its mighty strains of music; and resonant with the reports of Nārāchas and palms. And, having bathed in the great field of battle of representing the river of bostile forces, I will in the encounter strike (this Vinā).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)