Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 49: Rāvaṇa Kidnaps Sītā
Text 3.49.32
हंसकारण्डवाकीर्णां वन्दे गोदावरीं नदीम्।
क्षिप्रं रामाय शंस त्वं सीतां हरति रावणः॥
haṁsa-kāraṇḍavākīrṇāṁ vande godāvarīṁ nadīm
kṣipraṁ rāmāya śaṁsa tvaṁ sītāṁ harati rāvaṇaḥ
haṁsa-kāraṇḍava-ākīrṇām = which is full of swans and cranes; vande = I bow down; godāvarīm = Godāvarī; nadīm = to the river; kṣipram = quickly; rāmāya = Rāma; śaṁsa tvam = inform; sītām = Sītā; harati = is abducting; rāvaṇaḥ = that Rāvaṇa.
I bow down to the river Godāvarī which is full of swans and cranes. Quickly inform Rāma that Rāvaṇa is abducting Sītā!
[In some manuscripts, the first word appears as haṁsa-sārasa-saṅghuṣṭāṁ] but haṁsa-kāraṇḍavākīrṇāṁ is the correct reading.