निमन्त्र्यमाणः प्रतिपूर्णभाषिणीं नरेन्द्रपत्नी प्रसमीक्ष्य मैथिलीम्। प्रसह्य तस्या हरणे दृढं मनः समर्पयामास वधाय रावणः॥
nimantryamāṇaḥ pratipūrṇabhāṣiṇīṃ narendrapatnī prasamīkṣya maithilīm| prasahya tasyā haraṇe dṛḍhaṃ manaḥ samarpayāmāsa vadhāya rāvaṇaḥ||
English Meaning
Jānakí the wife of Lord of men inviting him thus, Ravana, casting a look upon her, addressed himself for his own destruction, to carry her away.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)