रुद्धां तु नगरी श्रुत्वा जातक्रोधो निशाचरः। विधानं द्विगुणं श्रुत्वा प्रासादं चाप्यरोहत॥
ruddhāṃ tu nagarī śrutvā jātakrodho niśācaraḥ| vidhānaṃ dviguṇaṃ śrutvā prāsādaṃ cāpyarohata||
English Meaning
Hearing the city besieged, the night-ranger was enraged. And, hearing that double arrangements had been made (by Rāma) in guarding the gateways (Råvaņa) ascended the palace.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)