अथोवाच रघुश्रेष्ठः सागरं दारुणं वचः। अद्याहं शोषयिष्यामि सपातालं महार्णवम्॥
athovāca raghuśreṣṭhaḥ sāgaraṃ dāruṇaṃ vacaḥ| adyāhaṃ śoṣayiṣyāmi sapātālaṃ mahārṇavam||
English Meaning
Then the foremost of Raghus addressed Ocean in stern words, saying, To-day will I dry up the Ocean along with the nether regions.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)