तत्तेऽहं कीर्तयिष्यामि समाधि श्रवणे कुरु। पुरा कृतयुगे राम प्रजापतिसुतं प्रभुम्॥ सनत्कुमारमासीनं रावणो राक्षसाधिपः। वपुषा सूर्यसंकाशं ज्वलन्तमिव तेजसा॥ विनयावनतो भूत्वा ह्यभिबाद्य कृताञ्जलिः। उक्तवानरावणो राम तमृषि सत्यवादिनम्॥ को हस्मिन्नवरो लोके देवानां बलवत्तरः। यं समाश्रित्य विबुधा जयन्ति समरे रिपून्॥ कं जयन्ति द्विजा नित्यं कं ध्यायन्ति च योगिनः। एतन्मे शंस भगवन्विस्तरेण तपोधन। ११॥ विदित्वा हृद्गतं तस्य ध्यानदृष्टिर्महायशाः। उवाच रावणं प्रेम्णा श्रूयतामिति पुत्रका॥
tatte'haṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi samādhi śravaṇe kuru| purā kṛtayuge rāma prajāpatisutaṃ prabhum|| sanatkumāramāsīnaṃ rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ| vapuṣā sūryasaṃkāśaṃ jvalantamiva tejasā|| vinayāvanato bhūtvā hyabhibādya kṛtāñjaliḥ| uktavānarāvaṇo rāma tamṛṣi satyavādinam|| ko hasminnavaro loke devānāṃ balavattaraḥ| yaṃ samāśritya vibudhā jayanti samare ripūn|| kaṃ jayanti dvijā nityaṃ kaṃ dhyāyanti ca yoginaḥ| etanme śaṃsa bhagavanvistareṇa tapodhana| 11|| viditvā hṛdgataṃ tasya dhyānadṛṣṭirmahāyaśāḥ| uvāca rāvaṇaṃ premṇā śrūyatāmiti putrakā||
English Meaning
Do you hear it attentively. O Rāma, in the golden age, having bowed to the Patriarch's son, the truthful Rși Sanaskumar highly effulgent, resplendent like to the sun, shining in his native brilliance and seated at his own place, Rāvana, the lord of Raksasas, said:-"Which is now among the celestials can brave and powerful, by whose help the celestials can vanquish their enemies and whom the twice-born ones daily worship and the devotees meditate upon. O you having piety for wealth, O you gifted with six sorts of wealth, do you describe this to me kindly.” Being apprised of Ravana's intention, the saint Sanatkumar, who saw every thing through his devotion, said to him out of love-_ “Hear my son.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)