समीक्ष्य तूर्णमायान्तं बभाषे तं निशाचरः। सुग्रीवस्त्वं परोक्षं मे हीनग्रीवो भविष्यसि ॥
samīkṣya tūrṇamāyāntaṃ babhāṣe taṃ niśācaraḥ| sugrīvastvaṃ parokṣaṃ me hīnagrīvo bhaviṣyasi ||
English Meaning
Seeing his come abruptly, the night-ranger spoke to him thus, Thus that were Sugrīva beyond my ken, shall be neckless near me.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)