श्रुत्वा महर्षेस्तद्वाक्यं रावणो राक्षसाधिपः। उवाच प्रणतो भूत्वा पुनरेव महामुनिम्॥ दैत्यदानवरक्षांसि ये हताः समरेऽरयः। कां गतिं प्रतिपद्यन्ते किं च ते हरिणा हताः॥ रावणस्य वचः श्रुत्वा प्रत्युवाच महामुनिः। दैवतैनिहता नित्यं प्राप्नुवन्ति दिवः स्थलम्॥ पुनस्तस्मात्परिभ्रष्टा जायन्ते वसुधातले। पूर्वार्जितः सुखैर्दुःखैर्जायन्ते च म्रियन्ति च॥
śrutvā maharṣestadvākyaṃ rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ| uvāca praṇato bhūtvā punareva mahāmunim|| daityadānavarakṣāṃsi ye hatāḥ samare'rayaḥ| kāṃ gatiṃ pratipadyante kiṃ ca te hariṇā hatāḥ|| rāvaṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā pratyuvāca mahāmuniḥ| daivatainihatā nityaṃ prāpnuvanti divaḥ sthalam|| punastasmātparibhraṣṭā jāyante vasudhātale| pūrvārjitaḥ sukhairduḥkhairjāyante ca mriyanti ca||
English Meaning
Hearing those words of the great ascetic Sanatkumar, Ravana, the lord of Raksasas, bowing, replied:-“Being slain by Hari to what station do the Daityas, Dānavas and Räkşasas attain? And why does, Hari destroy them?” Whereto Sanatkumar replied:-"Whoever are slain by the celestials do eternally reside in their region. And being banished therefrom, they again take their birth on earth. Thus by the misery and happiness acquired in their pristine existence, they go through births and deaths.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)