रावणस्त्वब्रवीद्धृष्टो राक्षसांस्तानुपस्थितान्। द्रष्टुमेनमिहेच्छामि यथान्यायं च पूज्यताम्॥
rāvaṇastvabravīddhṛṣṭo rākṣasāṃstānupasthitān| draṣṭumenamihecchāmi yathānyāyaṃ ca pūjyatām||
English Meaning
Thereat, Ravana, pleased, spoke to those Raks asas who had presented themselves, “I wish to see him here, and do you honour him fittingly."
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)