अस्मदीया च लङ्केयं नगरी राक्षसोषिता। निवेशिता तव भ्रात्रा धनाध्यक्षेण धीमता॥
asmadīyā ca laṅkeyaṃ nagarī rākṣasoṣitā| niveśitā tava bhrātrā dhanādhyakṣeṇa dhīmatā||
English Meaning
This Lankā was our city, inhabited by Rākşasas. (Now) it is inhabited by the brotherthe intelligent lord of riches.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)