तथोक्त्वा राक्षसीस्तास्तु राक्षसेन्द्रः प्रतापवान्॥ निष्क्रम्यान्तः पुरात् तस्मात् किं कृत्यमिति चिन्तयन्। ददर्शाष्टौ महावीर्यान् राक्षसान् पिशिताशनान्॥
tathoktvā rākṣasīstāstu rākṣasendraḥ pratāpavān|| niṣkramyāntaḥ purāt tasmāt kiṃ kṛtyamiti cintayan| dadarśāṣṭau mahāvīryān rākṣasān piśitāśanān||
English Meaning
Heaving said this to the Rākşasis, the puissant lord of the Rākṣasas, went out of the inner apartment, and thought within himself as to what was to be done (next). And he saw eight flesheating Rākşasas of wondrous prowess.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)