चरणेनापि सव्येन न स्पृशेयं निशाचरम्। रावणं किं पुनरहं कामयेयं निशाचरम्॥
caraṇenāpi savyena na spṛśeyaṃ niśācaram| rāvaṇaṃ kiṃ punarahaṃ kāmayeyaṃ niśācaram||
English Meaning
What of fixing my fancy on that night-ranger Rāvaņa, my meaner foot even shall not touch him?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)