इयं किल पुरी रम्या सुमालिप्रमुखैः पुरा। भुक्तपूर्वा विशालाक्ष राक्षसैर्भीपविक्रमैः॥ तेन विज्ञाप्यते सोऽयं सांप्रतं विश्रवात्मज। तदेषा दीयतां तात याचतस्तस्य सामतः॥
iyaṃ kila purī ramyā sumālipramukhaiḥ purā| bhuktapūrvā viśālākṣa rākṣasairbhīpavikramaiḥ|| tena vijñāpyate so'yaṃ sāṃprataṃ viśravātmaja| tadeṣā dīyatāṃ tāta yācatastasya sāmataḥ||
English Meaning
This beautiful city, O you furnished with expansive eyes, was formerly inhabited by Räkşasas of dreadful prowess headed by Sumāli; and for that reason, O son of Viśravā, he asks you this. Do you, my child, grant this to him, who is humbly begging for it.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)