किमर्थमहमादृत्य त्वया राजप्रबोधितः॥ शंस कस्माद्भयं तेऽत्र को वा प्रेतो भविष्यति। भ्रातरं रावणः क्रुद्धं कुम्भकर्णमवस्थितम्।। रोषेण परिवृत्ताभ्यां नेत्राभ्यां वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥
kimarthamahamādṛtya tvayā rājaprabodhitaḥ|| śaṃsa kasmādbhayaṃ te'tra ko vā preto bhaviṣyati| bhrātaraṃ rāvaṇaḥ kruddhaṃ kumbhakarṇamavasthitam|| roṣeṇa parivṛttābhyāṃ netrābhyāṃ vākyamabravīt||
English Meaning
O king, why honouring me, has you awaked me? Tell me whence springs your fear? And who shall be a ghost?* Thereat Ravana, waxing wroth, and with his eyes rolling in rage, said to Kumbhakarma, seated. *Having been slain by me.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)