दृष्ट्वा देवास्तु तद्रक्षो वरदानेन दुर्जयम्। तिर्यग्योनि समाविष्टास्तस्य धर्षणभीरवः॥
dṛṣṭvā devāstu tadrakṣo varadānena durjayam| tiryagyoni samāviṣṭāstasya dharṣaṇabhīravaḥ||
English Meaning
Seeing that Rākşasa invincible by reason of the boon he had received, the deities, apprehensive of being worsted by him, assumed the forms of beasts.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)