बलस्य परिमाणं च द्वारदुर्गक्रियामपि। गुप्तिकर्म च लङ्काया रक्षसा सदनानि च॥ यथासुखं यथावच्च लङ्कायामसि दृष्टवान्। सर्वमाचक्ष्व तत्त्वेन सर्वथा कुशलो ह्यसि ॥
balasya parimāṇaṃ ca dvāradurgakriyāmapi| guptikarma ca laṅkāyā rakṣasā sadanāni ca|| yathāsukhaṃ yathāvacca laṅkāyāmasi dṛṣṭavān| sarvamācakṣva tattvena sarvathā kuśalo hyasi ||
English Meaning
O monkey, as you have seen personally, I wish to get acquainted with all this. And you have at your leisure duly noticed in Lankā the nur.ber of the army, the inaccessibility (or otherwise) of the gates, the defence of Lankā, and the dwellings of the Rākşasas. Do you faithfully relate this to me, for you are observant.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)