द्रक्ष्यामि नगरी लङ्कां साट्टप्राकारतोरणाम्। इत्यर्थमिह सम्प्राप्तः परं कौतूहलं हि मे॥
drakṣyāmi nagarī laṅkāṃ sāṭṭaprākāratoraṇām| ityarthamiha samprāptaḥ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me||
English Meaning
I will behold the city of Lanká, crowned with turrets, walls and ornamented arches. It is for this that I have come here, Great is my curiosity.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)