ननु नामाविनीतानां विनेतासि परंतप। कथमेवंविधं पापं न त्वं शाधि हि रावणम्॥
nanu nāmāvinītānāṃ vinetāsi paraṃtapa| kathamevaṃvidhaṃ pāpaṃ na tvaṃ śādhi hi rāvaṇam||
English Meaning
O you the subduer of foes, you did always control the rebellious,-why do you not punish such a vicious Rākşasa?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)