दैत्याश्च शतशस्तत्र कृतवैराश्च दैवतैः ॥ रावणं प्रेक्ष्य गच्छन्तमन्वगच्छन्हि पृष्ठतः। स तु गत्वा मधुपुरं प्रविश्य च दशाननः॥ न ददर्श मधुं तत्र भगिनीं तत्र दृष्टवान्।
daityāśca śataśastatra kṛtavairāśca daivataiḥ || rāvaṇaṃ prekṣya gacchantamanvagacchanhi pṛṣṭhataḥ| sa tu gatvā madhupuraṃ praviśya ca daśānanaḥ|| na dadarśa madhuṃ tatra bhaginīṃ tatra dṛṣṭavān|
English Meaning
And beholding Rävaņa proceed, hundreds of Daityas, inimical to the celestials, followed him. Having arrived at the city of Madhu and entered there the ten-necked demon did not behold Madhu but espied his sister.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)