अवश्यमेव द्रष्टव्या मया लङ्का निशाक्षये। कामं बनन्तु मे भूयः पुच्छस्योद्दीपनेन च॥ पीडां कुर्वन्ति रक्षांसि न मेऽस्ति मनसः श्रमः।
avaśyameva draṣṭavyā mayā laṅkā niśākṣaye| kāmaṃ banantu me bhūyaḥ pucchasyoddīpanena ca|| pīḍāṃ kurvanti rakṣāṃsi na me'sti manasaḥ śramaḥ|
English Meaning
For certain, by me is to be beheld Lankā when night has departed. Let them bind me anew. The Rākşasas pain me by setting fire to my tail; but my mind dose not tire.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)