संदिश्य राक्षसान् घोरान् रावणोऽष्टौ महाबलान्। आत्मानं बुद्धिवैक्लव्यात् कृतकृत्यममन्यत॥
saṃdiśya rākṣasān ghorān rāvaṇo'ṣṭau mahābalān| ātmānaṃ buddhivaiklavyāt kṛtakṛtyamamanyata||
English Meaning
Having commissioned those eight terrible and mighty Rākşasas, Rāvana, in consequence of perversion of sense, considered himself as crowned with success.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)