द्रक्ष्यसे शाल्मली तीक्ष्णामायसैः कण्टकैश्रिताम्। नहि त्वमीदृशं कृत्वा तस्यालीकं महात्मनः॥ धारितुं शक्ष्यसि चिरं विषं पीत्वे निघृण। बद्धस्त्वं कालपाशेन दुर्निवारेण रावण ॥
drakṣyase śālmalī tīkṣṇāmāyasaiḥ kaṇṭakaiśritām| nahi tvamīdṛśaṃ kṛtvā tasyālīkaṃ mahātmanaḥ|| dhārituṃ śakṣyasi ciraṃ viṣaṃ pītve nighṛṇa| baddhastvaṃ kālapāśena durnivāreṇa rāvaṇa ||
English Meaning
But, O shameless one, like a person that has drunk poison, having done this wrong to that high-souled one, you with not be able to save yourself. O Rāvana, you are fast fettered in the noose of Death.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)