पश्यामीहि हि कण्ठे त्वां कालपाशावपाशितम्। यथा चास्मिन् भयस्थाने न बिभेषि निशाचर॥ व्यक्तं हिरण्यमयांस्त्वं हि सम्पश्यसि महीरूहान्। नदी वैतरणी घोरां रुधिरौघविवाहिनीम्॥ खङ्गपत्रवनं चैव भीमं पश्यसि रावण। तप्तकाञ्चनपुष्पां च वैदूर्यप्रवरच्छदाम्॥
paśyāmīhi hi kaṇṭhe tvāṃ kālapāśāvapāśitam| yathā cāsmin bhayasthāne na bibheṣi niśācara|| vyaktaṃ hiraṇyamayāṃstvaṃ hi sampaśyasi mahīrūhān| nadī vaitaraṇī ghorāṃ rudhiraughavivāhinīm|| khaṅgapatravanaṃ caiva bhīmaṃ paśyasi rāvaṇa| taptakāñcanapuṣpāṃ ca vaidūryapravaracchadām||
English Meaning
I see with the noose of Death wound round your neck. As, O ranger of night, you are not affected with fear, albeit the situation is one calculated to raise one's apprehensions it is clear that you will see the golden treus, the dreadful river Vaitaraṇī flowing with blood, the terrible wood, O Rāvana, rife with leaves in the shape of swords, and a sharp Šalmali containing blossoms of shining gold, having lapises for its leaves, and bearing iron thorns.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)