स तु दीनः परित्रस्तो महेन्द्रो रावणं प्रति। विष्णोः समीपमागत्य वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह॥
sa tu dīnaḥ paritrasto mahendro rāvaṇaṃ prati| viṣṇoḥ samīpamāgatya vākyametaduvāca ha||
English Meaning
Mahendra, afraid of Ravana, poorly went to: Vişnu and gave vent to the following accents.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)