On being sorely handled by the relentless monkeys, Suka cried to the high-souled Rāma, son of Daśaratha, 'They by main force sever my wings, and they pierce my eyes. If I lose my life, may all the evil deeds that I have committed between the night when I was born and the night when I shall die, be your!
शुकस्तु वानरैश्चण्डैस्तत्र तैः संप्रपीडितः। व्याचुक्रोश महात्मानं रामं दशरथात्मजम्। लुप्येत मे बलात्पक्षौ भिद्येते मे तथाक्षिणी॥ यां च रात्रिं मरिष्यामि जाये रात्रिं च यामहम्। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे काले यन्मया ह्यशुभं कृतम्।। सर्वं तदुपपद्येथा जह्यां चेद्यदि जीवितम्॥