कीदृशो वै प्रभावोऽस्य किं बलं कः पराक्रमः। के वा कारणेनैष रावणादतिरिच्यते॥
kīdṛśo vai prabhāvo'sya kiṃ balaṃ kaḥ parākramaḥ| ke vā kāraṇenaiṣa rāvaṇādatiricyate||
English Meaning
What was his prowess? And what his strength? And what his might? And by virtue of what cause did he surpass Rāvana?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)