स तु ध्यात्वा मुहूर्तं तु मन्त्रिभिः संविचार्य च। ततस्तु रावणः पूर्वदिवसे राक्षसाधिपः।। पुरीं परिययौ लङ्कां सर्वान्गुल्मानवेक्षितुम्॥
sa tu dhyātvā muhūrtaṃ tu mantribhiḥ saṃvicārya ca| tatastu rāvaṇaḥ pūrvadivase rākṣasādhipaḥ|| purīṃ pariyayau laṅkāṃ sarvāngulmānavekṣitum||
English Meaning
Then pondering and reflecting for a while, in the forenoon he went round the city of Lankā for inspecting the barracks.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)