समीक्ष्य स्वबलं संख्ये वरुणस्य सुतास्तदा। अर्दिताः शरजालेन निवृत्ता रणकर्मणः॥ महीतलगतास्ते तु रावणं दृश्य पुष्पके। आकाशमाशु विविशुः स्यन्दनैः शीघ्रगामिभिः॥
samīkṣya svabalaṃ saṃkhye varuṇasya sutāstadā| arditāḥ śarajālena nivṛttā raṇakarmaṇaḥ|| mahītalagatāste tu rāvaṇaṃ dṛśya puṣpake| ākāśamāśu viviśuḥ syandanaiḥ śīghragāmibhiḥ||
English Meaning
Seeing their own forces brought to straits in the conflict and driven back in the fight with networks of shafts, and down on the ground and seeing Rävaņa in Puspaka, Varuņa's sons swiftly shot into the welkin with their fleet-footing cars.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)