ततः प्रहस्तः कपिराजवाहिनीमभिप्रतस्थे विजयाय दुर्मतिः। विवृद्धवेगश्च विवेशितां चमूं यथा मुमूर्षुः शलभो विभावसुम्॥
tataḥ prahastaḥ kapirājavāhinīmabhipratasthe vijayāya durmatiḥ| vivṛddhavegaśca viveśitāṃ camūṃ yathā mumūrṣuḥ śalabho vibhāvasum||
English Meaning
And like an insect falling into a flame, the wicked-minded Prahasta for obtaining victory, increasing his impetuosity entered into that host of the monkey-king.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)