यस्य नास्ति मनुष्येषु सदृशो राक्षसोत्तम। कथमाशंससे योद्धं तुल्येनेन्द्रविवस्वतोः॥
yasya nāsti manuṣyeṣu sadṛśo rākṣasottama| kathamāśaṃsase yoddhaṃ tulyenendravivasvatoḥ||
English Meaning
O foremost of Rākasas, why did you wish to fight with him whose peer there is none among men, and who is equal to Indra and Vavasvata himself?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)