अविन्ध्यो नाम मेधावी विद्वान् राक्षसपुङ्गवः। धृतिमाञ्छीलवान् वृद्धो रावणस्य सुसम्मतः॥ रामात् क्षयमनुप्राप्तं रक्षसां प्रत्यचोदयत्। न च तस्य स दुष्टात्मा शृणोति वचनं हितम्॥
avindhyo nāma medhāvī vidvān rākṣasapuṅgavaḥ| dhṛtimāñchīlavān vṛddho rāvaṇasya susammataḥ|| rāmāt kṣayamanuprāptaṃ rakṣasāṃ pratyacodayat| na ca tasya sa duṣṭātmā śṛṇoti vacanaṃ hitam||
English Meaning
There is a leading, steady, old, intelligent and educated Rākşasa, gifted with a good character, named Avindhya and highly respected of Rāvana who told him that the destruction of the Rākṣasa race would proceed from Rāma, but the vicious-souled one paid no attention to his wellmeaning words. is my
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)