स हि देशस्तु वध्यस्य रावणस्य दुरात्मनः। राक्षसाधिपतेर्वासः सहस्राक्षसमद्युतेः॥
sa hi deśastu vadhyasya rāvaṇasya durātmanaḥ| rākṣasādhipatervāsaḥ sahasrākṣasamadyuteḥ||
English Meaning
That country belongs to the impious Rāvana, worthy of being slain—the lord of Raksasas, like to the thousand-eyed (deity) in splendour.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)