मत्प्रियं यदि कर्तव्यं यदि बुद्धिः स्थिरा तव। ज्ञातुमिच्छामि तं गत्वा किं करोतीति रावणः॥
matpriyaṃ yadi kartavyaṃ yadi buddhiḥ sthirā tava| jñātumicchāmi taṃ gatvā kiṃ karotīti rāvaṇaḥ||
English Meaning
If you intend doing me a good turn, and if your sense be steady, I would know what Ravana is doing after having left this place.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)