तद्रावणबलं प्राप्य बलं तस्य महीपतेः॥ प्राणश्यत तदा सर्व हव्यं हुतमिवानले। युद्ध्वा च सुचिरं कालं कृत्वा विक्रममुत्तमम्॥ प्रज्वलन्तं तमासाद्य क्षिप्रमेवावशेषितम्। प्राविशत्संकुलं तत्र शलभा इव पावकम्॥
tadrāvaṇabalaṃ prāpya balaṃ tasya mahīpateḥ|| prāṇaśyata tadā sarva havyaṃ hutamivānale| yuddhvā ca suciraṃ kālaṃ kṛtvā vikramamuttamam|| prajvalantaṃ tamāsādya kṣipramevāvaśeṣitam| prāviśatsaṃkulaṃ tatra śalabhā iva pāvakam||
English Meaning
That host, of the king encountering the forces of Rāvana, were extinguished like to clarified butter thrown into the (sacrificial) fire. And having fought valorously for a long time, the remnant of the royal forces, suddenly coming in contact with the flaming Räkşasas ranks, were destroyed like to swarms of locusts entering into fire.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)