घोरैर्दत्तवरैर्बद्धौ शरैराशीविषोपमैः। अमोघैः सूर्यसंकाशैः प्रमध्येन्द्रजिता युधि ॥ तदनबन्धमासाद्य यदि मुक्तौ रिपू मम। संशयस्थमिदं सर्वमनुपश्याम्यहं बलम्॥
ghorairdattavarairbaddhau śarairāśīviṣopamaiḥ| amoghaiḥ sūryasaṃkāśaiḥ pramadhyendrajitā yudhi || tadanabandhamāsādya yadi muktau ripū mama| saṃśayasthamidaṃ sarvamanupaśyāmyahaṃ balam||
English Meaning
Indrajit, having routed them in conflict, had bound them by means of irresistible and terrible arrows, resembling venomous serpents, and like to the Sun himself, which had been conferred on (Indrajit) as boons. But if my enemy having actually been bound by the weapons, can have been liberated, all this strength of mine I see placed in peril.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)