अविदूरस्थितान्सर्वान्बलाध्याक्षान्हितैषिणः। अब्रवीत्कालसदृशो रावणो राक्षसाधिपः॥
avidūrasthitānsarvānbalādhyākṣānhitaiṣiṇaḥ| abravītkālasadṛśo rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ||
English Meaning
Then the lord of Raksasas, Ravana, resembling the day of doom, addressed his generals, all well-wishers-staying hard by, saying.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)