आमन्त्र्य तु सहस्राक्षं प्रायात्किचिदवाङ्मुखः। पुनरेवागमच्छीमानिमं लोकं नरेश्वरः॥ स कृत्वा हृदयेऽमर्ष सभृत्यबलवाहनः। आजगाम मधोः पुत्रं वशे कर्तुमरिंदमः॥
āmantrya tu sahasrākṣaṃ prāyātkicidavāṅmukhaḥ| punarevāgamacchīmānimaṃ lokaṃ nareśvaraḥ|| sa kṛtvā hṛdaye'marṣa sabhṛtyabalavāhanaḥ| ājagāma madhoḥ putraṃ vaśe kartumariṃdamaḥ||
English Meaning
Thereupon, having welcomed Indra in that way, he left there and returned earth. O slayer of enemies, with an angry heart, army and conveyance he went to subjugate Madhu's son Lavaņa and sent an emissary inviting him to battle.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)