श्रुत्वा तु सूर्यस्तद्वृत्तं दण्डिनो रावणस्य ह॥ उवाच वचनं धीमान्बुद्धिपूर्वं क्षपापहः। गच्छ दण्डिञ्जयस्वैनं निर्जितोऽस्मीति वा वद॥ यत्तेभिकाङ्कितं कार्षीः कंचित्कालं क्षपाचरम्। स गत्वा वचनात्तस्य राक्षसस्य महात्मनः॥ कथयामास तत्सर्वं सूर्योक्तवचनं तदा। स श्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य दण्डिनो राक्षसेश्वरः। घोषयित्वा जगामाथ स्वजयं राक्षसाधिपः॥
śrutvā tu sūryastadvṛttaṃ daṇḍino rāvaṇasya ha|| uvāca vacanaṃ dhīmānbuddhipūrvaṃ kṣapāpahaḥ| gaccha daṇḍiñjayasvainaṃ nirjito'smīti vā vada|| yattebhikāṅkitaṃ kārṣīḥ kaṃcitkālaṃ kṣapācaram| sa gatvā vacanāttasya rākṣasasya mahātmanaḥ|| kathayāmāsa tatsarvaṃ sūryoktavacanaṃ tadā| sa śrutvā vacanaṃ tasya daṇḍino rākṣaseśvaraḥ| ghoṣayitvā jagāmātha svajayaṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ||
English Meaning
Hearing of Rāvana's intention from Dandi the intelligent sun, the enemy of night, wisely said to him, ''Do you proceed, O Dandi; either defeat Rāvaņa or tell him 'I have been defeated.' Do whatever you wish.” Hearing those words he approached the high-souled Rāksasa and communicated to him what the sun had said. Hearing the words of Dandi the lord of Rākşasas trumpeted his own victory and went away.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)