अथापश्यदृषि तत्र दृष्ट्वा चैवमुवाच तम्। स्वागतं तव देवर्षे कालेनैवागतो ह्यसि॥ कोऽयं स्यन्दनमारूढो हप्सरोगणसेवितः। निर्लज्ज इव संयाति भयस्थानं न विन्दति॥ रावणेनैवमुक्तस्तु पर्वतो वाक्यमब्रवीत्। शृणु वत्स यथातत्त्वं वक्ष्ये चाहं महामते॥
athāpaśyadṛṣi tatra dṛṣṭvā caivamuvāca tam| svāgataṃ tava devarṣe kālenaivāgato hyasi|| ko'yaṃ syandanamārūḍho hapsarogaṇasevitaḥ| nirlajja iva saṃyāti bhayasthānaṃ na vindati|| rāvaṇenaivamuktastu parvato vākyamabravīt| śṛṇu vatsa yathātattvaṃ vakṣye cāhaṃ mahāmate||
English Meaning
And beholding a Rși there he said to him, “Welcome you are, O celestial saint. Indeed you have come at a proper season. Who is this shameless Wight that is going is seated on a car and attended by Apsarās? Does he not perceive his object of fear?" Being thus addressed by Ravana, Parvata said, "O my child, O you gifted with great intellect, Hear I shall describe to you the truth.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)