Ha! Lakşmaņa, in whom Şumitrā has been blest with a worthy son, hark! A tremendous and dreadful uproar resembling the rumbling of clouds is being heard; and in the woods and mighty forest, deer and buffaloes and herds of elephants being accompanied by lions are suddenly scampering away in all directions. O Sumitrā's son, it behoves you to learn whether any king or prince is hunting in the forest, or any ferocious beast is (ravaging the woods).
हन्त लक्ष्मण पश्येह सुमित्रा सुप्रजास्त्वया। भीमस्तनितगम्भीरं तुमुलः श्रूयते स्वनः॥ गजयूथानि वारण्ये महिषा वा महावने। वित्रासिता मृगाः सिंहै: सहसा प्रदुता दिशः।।।।। राजा वा राजपुत्रो वा मृगयामटते वने। अन्यद्वा श्वापदं किंचित् सौमित्रे ज्ञातुमर्हसि॥