The vulture then said to him "let go the princess of Mithila; leave her. O night-ranger, how can you carry her off when I am alive?
अथैनमब्रवीद् गृध्रो मुञ्च मुञ्चेति मैथिलीम्। ध्रियमाणे मयि कथं हरिष्यसि निशाचर॥