शीलाचारगुणोपेता साध्वी धैर्यसमन्विता। सहस्रांशो रश्मिरिव ह्येका मूर्तिरिव स्थिता॥ एवं ते सर्वमाख्यातं मया रावण विस्तरात्। महतो देवदेवस्य शाश्वतस्याव्यंयस्य च॥ एवं श्रुत्वा महाबाहु राक्षसेन्द्रः प्रतापवान्। त्वया सह विरोधेच्छुश्चिन्तयामास राघव॥ सनत्कुमारात्तद्वाक्यं चिन्तयानो मुहुर्मुहुः। रावणो मुमुदे श्रीमान्युद्धार्थ विचचार ह॥ श्रुत्वा च तां कथां रामो विस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचनः। शिरसञ्चालनं कृत्वा विस्मयं परमं गतः॥ श्रुत्वा तु वाक्यं स नरेश्वरस्तदा मुदा युतो विस्मयमानचक्षुः। पुनश्च तं ज्ञानवतां प्रधानमुवाच वाक्यं वद मे पुरातनम्॥३०
śīlācāraguṇopetā sādhvī dhairyasamanvitā| sahasrāṃśo raśmiriva hyekā mūrtiriva sthitā|| evaṃ te sarvamākhyātaṃ mayā rāvaṇa vistarāt| mahato devadevasya śāśvatasyāvyaṃyasya ca|| evaṃ śrutvā mahābāhu rākṣasendraḥ pratāpavān| tvayā saha virodhecchuścintayāmāsa rāghava|| sanatkumārāttadvākyaṃ cintayāno muhurmuhuḥ| rāvaṇo mumude śrīmānyuddhārtha vicacāra ha|| śrutvā ca tāṃ kathāṃ rāmo vismayotphullalocanaḥ| śirasañcālanaṃ kṛtvā vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ|| śrutvā tu vākyaṃ sa nareśvarastadā mudā yuto vismayamānacakṣuḥ| punaśca taṃ jñānavatāṃ pradhānamuvāca vākyaṃ vada me purātanam||30
English Meaning
She will be graced with a good conduct, chaste and patient; and Sitã and Răma shall always together like the rays to the sun. Rāvaņa, I have thus related to you everything about the Närāyaṇa, the great Brahmana, eternal and incomprehensible." O Raghava, hearing those words, the highly powerful lord of Raksasas began to concert plans for entering into conflict with you. Meditating again and again over Sanatkumāra's words and delighted he began to journey for battle." Hearing those words, Rāma with his eyes expanded in surprise, was greatly wondered. And being delighted he again said to Agastya, the foremost of the wise:-"Do you recount the ancient stories."
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)