ततः शूर्पणखावाक्यं तच्छ्रुत्वा रोमहर्षणाम्। सचिवानभ्यनुज्ञाय कार्यं बुद्ध्वा जगाम ह॥
tataḥ śūrpaṇakhāvākyaṃ tacchrutvā romaharṣaṇām| sacivānabhyanujñāya kāryaṃ buddhvā jagāma ha||
English Meaning
Hearing those words of Śūrpanakhā, able to make one's hair stand on end, (Ravana) ascertaining his course after issuing his orders to this counsellors, departed.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)