नाहत्वा समरे शत्रु विष्णुः प्रतिनिवर्तते। दुर्लभश्चैव कामोऽद्य वरगुप्तादि रावणात्॥
nāhatvā samare śatru viṣṇuḥ pratinivartate| durlabhaścaiva kāmo'dya varaguptādi rāvaṇāt||
English Meaning
Without slaying the enemies in the encounter, Vişņu does never go black, but it is hard to fulfil my desire from Rāvaņa, well protected by the boon.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)