एवं स मन्त्रिवृद्धैश्च मात्रा च बहु बोधितः। न त्वामुत्सहते मोक्तुमर्थमर्थपरो यथा॥
evaṃ sa mantrivṛddhaiśca mātrā ca bahu bodhitaḥ| na tvāmutsahate moktumarthamarthaparo yathā||
English Meaning
Thus long exhorted by his counsellors as well as his mother, Rāvaņa does not make up his mind to emancipate you, even as a covetous person is loath to pare with wealth (appropriated).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)