स रोचयामास परैश्च बन्धं प्रसह्य वीरैरभिगर्हणं च। कौतूहलान्मां यदि राक्षसेन्द्रो द्रष्टुं व्यवस्येदिति निश्चितार्थः॥
sa rocayāmāsa paraiśca bandhaṃ prasahya vīrairabhigarhaṇaṃ ca| kautūhalānmāṃ yadi rākṣasendro draṣṭuṃ vyavasyediti niścitārthaḥ||
English Meaning
And he gladly allowed himself to be tied up and rebuked by his enemies, thinking that he might converse with the lord of the Rākşasas, if he, out of curiosity, should like to see him.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)