रावणस्तु सहामात्यो मन्त्रयित्वा विमृश्य च। लङ्कायास्तु तदा गुप्तिं कारयामास राक्षसः॥
rāvaṇastu sahāmātyo mantrayitvā vimṛśya ca| laṅkāyāstu tadā guptiṃ kārayāmāsa rākṣasaḥ||
English Meaning
The Räkşasa, Rāvaņa, along with his courtiers, having consulted together as to what was fit to be done, set about the defence of Lankā.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)