एवमुक्तस्तदा राम राक्षसेन्द्रेण दानवः। महर्षेस्तनयं ज्ञात्वा मयो दानवपुङ्गवः॥ दातुं दुहितरं तस्मै रोचयामास तत्र वै।
evamuktastadā rāma rākṣasendreṇa dānavaḥ| maharṣestanayaṃ jñātvā mayo dānavapuṅgavaḥ|| dātuṃ duhitaraṃ tasmai rocayāmāsa tatra vai|
English Meaning
Thus accosted, O Rama, by that lord of Raks asas, that Dänava and foremost of Dānavas, Maya; learning that he was the son of Maharsi, Paulastya, there desired in his heart to give away his daughter to him.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)