निष्क्रमो वा प्रवेशो वा ज्ञातव्यः सर्वदैव नः। यत्र यत्र भवेद्गुल्मस्तत्र तत्र पुनः पुनः॥ सर्वतश्चापि तिष्ठध्वं सैन्यैः परिवृता बलैः। द्रष्टव्यं च पदं तेषां वानराणां निशाचराः॥ प्रदोषे वार्धरावे वा प्रत्यूषे वापि सर्वशः।
niṣkramo vā praveśo vā jñātavyaḥ sarvadaiva naḥ| yatra yatra bhavedgulmastatra tatra punaḥ punaḥ|| sarvataścāpi tiṣṭhadhvaṃ sainyaiḥ parivṛtā balaiḥ| draṣṭavyaṃ ca padaṃ teṣāṃ vānarāṇāṃ niśācarāḥ|| pradoṣe vārdharāve vā pratyūṣe vāpi sarvaśaḥ|
English Meaning
We should always be acquainted with the ingress and egress (of every person). And do you, surrounded by forces, remain where there are garrisons. And the night-rangers should in the evening at midnight and in the morning always watch the movements of the monkeys.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)