देवदानवयक्षाणां गन्धर्वोरगरक्षसाम्। अप्रधृष्यां पुरीं लङ्कां रावणेन सुरक्षिताम्॥ प्रविष्टः सत्त्वमाश्रित्यं जीवन्को नाम निष्क्रमेत्।
devadānavayakṣāṇāṃ gandharvoragarakṣasām| apradhṛṣyāṃ purīṃ laṅkāṃ rāvaṇena surakṣitām|| praviṣṭaḥ sattvamāśrityaṃ jīvanko nāma niṣkramet|
English Meaning
Entering by main force the city of Larkā, incapable of being subjugated by the gods and Dänavas and Yaksas, the Gandharvas, serpents or Raksasas, and well protected by Ravana, who, living, come out (of it)?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)