अहं राक्षसराजस्य रावणस्य महात्मनः। आज्ञाप्रतीक्षा दुर्धर्षा रक्षामि नगरीमिमाम्॥
ahaṃ rākṣasarājasya rāvaṇasya mahātmanaḥ| ājñāpratīkṣā durdharṣā rakṣāmi nagarīmimām||
English Meaning
I, who am incapable of being repressed, abiding by the mandate of the high-souled sovereign of the Rākşasas, protect this city.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)