मारीचस्य तु तद् वाक्यं क्षमं युक्तं च रावणः। उक्तो न प्रतिजग्राह मर्तुकाम इवौषधम्॥
mārīcasya tu tad vākyaṃ kṣamaṃ yuktaṃ ca rāvaṇaḥ| ukto na pratijagrāha martukāma ivauṣadham||
English Meaning
As a person desirous of meeting with his end dose not take medicine, Ravana, the king of night-rangers paid no heed to the appropriate and sound words of Márica skilled in speech, foreboding good to him.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)