प्रख्याय नर्मदां सोऽथ गङ्गेयमिति रावणः। नर्मदादर्शने हर्षमाप्तवान्स दशाननः॥ उवाच सचिवांस्तत्र सलीलं शुकसारणौ। एष रश्मिसहस्रेण जगत्कृत्वेव काञ्चनम्॥ तीक्ष्णतापकरः सूर्यो नभसो मध्यमास्थितः।
prakhyāya narmadāṃ so'tha gaṅgeyamiti rāvaṇaḥ| narmadādarśane harṣamāptavānsa daśānanaḥ|| uvāca sacivāṃstatra salīlaṃ śukasāraṇau| eṣa raśmisahasreṇa jagatkṛtveva kāñcanam|| tīkṣṇatāpakaraḥ sūryo nabhaso madhyamāsthitaḥ|
English Meaning
Delighted at her beauty and having spoken highly of Narmadā like to Gangă he addressed his ministers Suka and Sāraṇa with gestures, saying:-“Behold, having rendered the earth pale, with his many rays, the sun, emitting parching heat, is in the sky.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)