हस्त्यध्यक्षैर्गजैर्मुक्तैर्मुक्तैश्च तुरगैरपि।। बभूव लङ्का लोकान्ते भ्रान्तग्राह इवार्णवः॥
hastyadhyakṣairgajairmuktairmuktaiśca turagairapi|| babhūva laṅkā lokānte bhrāntagrāha ivārṇavaḥ||
English Meaning
With elephant-riders, and elephants, and steeds let loose, Lankä appeared like the Ocean at the hour of Universal tumbling, with its ferocious aquatic animals whirling in wild chaos.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)