प्रध्यायत इवापश्यत् प्रदीपांस्तत्र काञ्चनान्। धूर्तानिव महाधूतैर्देवनेन पराजितान्॥
pradhyāyata ivāpaśyat pradīpāṃstatra kāñcanān| dhūrtāniva mahādhūtairdevanena parājitān||
English Meaning
And he saw the golden lamps (shorn of their brightness),* like to gamblers worsted at dice by others exceedingly skilful, and, in consequence, plunged in thought. * By the superior splendour of Rāvaņa.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)