चारेण तु सुयुक्तेन शत्रोः शक्तिमवेक्षता। गूढेन चरता तावदवेक्षितमिदं मया॥ राक्षसानां विशेषश्च पुरी चेयं निरीक्षिता। राक्षसाधिपतेरस्य प्रभावो रावणस्य च॥
cāreṇa tu suyuktena śatroḥ śaktimavekṣatā| gūḍhena caratā tāvadavekṣitamidaṃ mayā|| rākṣasānāṃ viśeṣaśca purī ceyaṃ nirīkṣitā| rākṣasādhipaterasya prabhāvo rāvaṇasya ca||
English Meaning
Truly have I seen her today, engaged as I have been as a spy to estimate the strength of the enemy and am ranging secretly everywhere. I have seen minutely the city of the Rākşasas, and the strength of Rāvana the lord of Rākşasas.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)