रावणोऽर्धसमाप्त तमुत्सृज्य नियमं तदा। नर्मदां पश्यते कान्तां प्रतिकूलां यथा प्रियाम्॥ पश्चिमेन तु तं दृष्ट्वा सागरोद्गारसंनिभम्। वर्धन्तमम्भसो वेगं पूर्वामाशां प्रविश्य तु।९।। ततोऽनुद्धान्तशकुनां स्वभावे परमे स्थिताम्। निर्विकाराङ्गनाभासामपश्यद्रावणो नदीम्॥
rāvaṇo'rdhasamāpta tamutsṛjya niyamaṃ tadā| narmadāṃ paśyate kāntāṃ pratikūlāṃ yathā priyām|| paścimena tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā sāgarodgārasaṃnibham| vardhantamambhaso vegaṃ pūrvāmāśāṃ praviśya tu|9|| tato'nuddhāntaśakunāṃ svabhāve parame sthitām| nirvikārāṅganābhāsāmapaśyadrāvaṇo nadīm||
English Meaning
Having given up his worship which was halffinished Rāvana looked towards Narmadā looking like an unwilling damsel and saw that she, with rising currents, was flowing towards the east from the west and the waters beyond that were in a natural state like a quiet lady and the birds were seated there without any anxiety.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)