शोकश्च मम विस्तीर्णो वर्षाश्च भृशदुर्गमाः। रावणश्च महाञ्छत्रुरपारः प्रतिभाति मे॥
śokaśca mama vistīrṇo varṣāśca bhṛśadurgamāḥ| rāvaṇaśca mahāñchatrurapāraḥ pratibhāti me||
English Meaning
Immense is my grief, inaccessible is this rainy season and mighty is my enemy, Ravana; methinks it is impossible for me to bring about the discomfiture of my foe.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)