अराक्षसमिमं लोकं कर्तास्मि निशितैः शरैः। न चेच्छरणमभ्येषि तामादाय तु मैथिलीम्॥
arākṣasamimaṃ lokaṃ kartāsmi niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ| na ceccharaṇamabhyeṣi tāmādāya tu maithilīm||
English Meaning
I shall with my sharpened shafts render this world free from Rākşasas, unless rendering back Mitbila's daughter, you throw yourself on my mercy.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)