पुष्पेषूपहतेष्वेवं रावणो राक्षसेश्वरः॥ अवतीर्णो नदी स्नातुं गङ्गामिव महागजः। तत्र स्नात्वा च विधिवज्जप्त्वा जप्यमनुत्तमम्॥ नर्मदासलिलात्तस्मादुत्ततार स रावणः।
puṣpeṣūpahateṣvevaṃ rāvaṇo rākṣaseśvaraḥ|| avatīrṇo nadī snātuṃ gaṅgāmiva mahāgajaḥ| tatra snātvā ca vidhivajjaptvā japyamanuttamam|| narmadāsalilāttasmāduttatāra sa rāvaṇaḥ|
English Meaning
Flowers being thus collected, Rāvana, the king of Rākşasas descended into the Narmadā for bathing like a huge elephant into the Gangā. And having bathed he got up, reciting excellent incantations.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)