एवमुक्ताः सुराः सर्वे प्रत्यूचुर्विष्णुमव्ययम्। मानुषं रूपमास्थाय रावणं जहि संयुगे॥
evamuktāḥ surāḥ sarve pratyūcurviṣṇumavyayam| mānuṣaṃ rūpamāsthāya rāvaṇaṃ jahi saṃyuge||
English Meaning
Thus addressed, the deities answered Visnu, incapable of deterioration, saying,-Assuming the form of a human being, do you in battle slay Rāvana!
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)