ततः काञ्चनचित्राङ्गं वैदूर्यजतोक्षितम्। मर्यादां प्रतिहाराणां तोरणान्तरमाविशत्॥ तं तु राजन्दशग्रीवं प्रविशन्तं निशाचरम्। सूर्यभानुरिति ख्यातो द्वारपालो न्यवारयत्॥
tataḥ kāñcanacitrāṅgaṃ vaidūryajatokṣitam| maryādāṃ pratihārāṇāṃ toraṇāntaramāviśat|| taṃ tu rājandaśagrīvaṃ praviśantaṃ niśācaram| sūryabhānuriti khyāto dvārapālo nyavārayat||
English Meaning
Then (Rāvana) entered within the gate-way (of the place), garnished with gold, and decked with lapises and silver, And thereat, o king, the warder named Sūryabhānu prevented the nightranger Daśagrīva as he was entering.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)