एषैवाशंसते लङ्कां स्वेनानीकेन मर्दितुम्। श्वेतो रजतसंकाशश्चपलो भीमविक्रमः॥ बुद्धिमान्वानरः शूरस्त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतः। तूर्णं सुग्रीवमागम्य पुनर्गच्छति वानरः॥ विभजन्वानरी सेनामनीकानि प्रहर्षयन्।
eṣaivāśaṃsate laṅkāṃ svenānīkena marditum| śveto rajatasaṃkāśaścapalo bhīmavikramaḥ|| buddhimānvānaraḥ śūrastriṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ| tūrṇaṃ sugrīvamāgamya punargacchati vānaraḥ|| vibhajanvānarī senāmanīkāni praharṣayan|
English Meaning
With his own army alone, the silver-hued Śveta of dreadful prowess hopes to subdue Lanka. Marshalling his monkey-forces and cheering up his soldiers, that intelligent monkey, famed over the three regions, having speedily met with Sugrīva, is retracting his steps.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)