सद्यः सौम्यं परित्यज्य तीक्ष्णरूपं स रावणः। स्वं रूपं कालरूपाभं भेजे वैश्रवणानुजः॥
sadyaḥ saumyaṃ parityajya tīkṣṇarūpaṃ sa rāvaṇaḥ| svaṃ rūpaṃ kālarūpābhaṃ bheje vaiśravaṇānujaḥ||
English Meaning
Thereat Răvana, the younger brother of the Lord of wealth, changing his placid countenance, instantly assumed his own terrible shape resembling that of Yama.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)