किंवीर्या राक्षसास्ते च कस्य पुत्राश्च के च ते॥ कथंप्रमाणाः के चैतान् रक्षन्ति मुनिपुङ्गव। कथं च प्रतिकर्तव्यं तेषां रामेण रक्षसाम्॥ मामकैर्वा बलैर्ब्रह्मन् मया वा कूटयोधिनाम्। सर्वं मे शंस भगवन् कथं तेषां मया रणे॥ स्थातव्यं दुष्टभावानां वीर्योत्सित्ता हि राक्षसाः।
kiṃvīryā rākṣasāste ca kasya putrāśca ke ca te|| kathaṃpramāṇāḥ ke caitān rakṣanti munipuṅgava| kathaṃ ca pratikartavyaṃ teṣāṃ rāmeṇa rakṣasām|| māmakairvā balairbrahman mayā vā kūṭayodhinām| sarvaṃ me śaṃsa bhagavan kathaṃ teṣāṃ mayā raṇe|| sthātavyaṃ duṣṭabhāvānāṃ vīryotsittā hi rākṣasāḥ|
English Meaning
What is the prowess of the Rākşasas? And whose sons are they? And who, pray are they? And what are the proportions of their bodies? And who protects them O foremost of ascetics? And by what means shall either Rāma, or my forces, or, O Brahman, I myself be able to slay in fight those deceitful warriors—the Rākṣasas? Do you tell me, O adorable ore, inflated as they are by virtue of their prowess, how can I stand them in fight?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)