तत् कार्यमनुगम्यान्तर्यथावदुपलभ्य च। दोषाणां च गुणानां च सम्प्रधार्य बलाबलम्॥ इति कर्तव्यमित्येव कृत्वा निश्चयमात्मनः। स्थिरबुद्धिस्ततो रम्यां यानशालां जगाम ह॥
tat kāryamanugamyāntaryathāvadupalabhya ca| doṣāṇāṃ ca guṇānāṃ ca sampradhārya balābalam|| iti kartavyamityeva kṛtvā niścayamātmanaḥ| sthirabuddhistato ramyāṃ yānaśālāṃ jagāma ha||
English Meaning
And proposing to himself that act, weighing its good and evil, considering his capacity or Otherwise, and (finally) determining his purpose, Rāvana with a fixed mird went to the handsome stable.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)