एवं प्रायाणि युद्धानि विजयो नास्ति नैष्ठिकः। सभाग्यशेषतास्माकं यदि वीर भविष्यति॥ मोहमेतौ प्रहास्येते महात्मानौ महाबलौ। पर्यवस्थापयात्मानमनाथं मां च वानर।। सत्यधर्माभिरक्तानां नास्ति मृत्युकृतं भयम्॥
evaṃ prāyāṇi yuddhāni vijayo nāsti naiṣṭhikaḥ| sabhāgyaśeṣatāsmākaṃ yadi vīra bhaviṣyati|| mohametau prahāsyete mahātmānau mahābalau| paryavasthāpayātmānamanāthaṃ māṃ ca vānara|| satyadharmābhiraktānāṃ nāsti mṛtyukṛtaṃ bhayam||
English Meaning
This is the way of warfare: victory is not (always) sure But, O hero, If Fortune ultimately smile upon us, this stupor shall go off from these high-souled and exceedingly powerful ones. therefore, O monkey, do you cheer me, who am forlorn.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)