सुकेशं राक्षसं जाने ईशानवरदर्पितम्। तांश्चास्य तनयाञ्जाने येषां ज्येष्ठः स माल्यवान्॥ तानहं समतिक्रान्तमर्यादानराक्षसाधमान्। निहनिष्यामि संक्रुद्धः सुरा भवत विज्वराः॥
sukeśaṃ rākṣasaṃ jāne īśānavaradarpitam| tāṃścāsya tanayāñjāne yeṣāṃ jyeṣṭhaḥ sa mālyavān|| tānahaṃ samatikrāntamaryādānarākṣasādhamān| nihaniṣyāmi saṃkruddhaḥ surā bhavata vijvarāḥ||
English Meaning
'I know the Raksasa, Sukesa, as flushed with the boon bestowed by Iśāna. And I also know his sons, of whom Mālyavān is the eldest. Those worst if Rākṣasas that have over-riden your dignity will I, wrought up with wrath, slay (in battle); therefore, you gods, be of good cheer.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)