लङ्कायां दह्यमानायां शुशुभे च महोदधिः। छायासंसक्तसलिलो लोहितोद इवार्णवे॥
laṅkāyāṃ dahyamānāyāṃ śuśubhe ca mahodadhiḥ| chāyāsaṃsaktasalilo lohitoda ivārṇave||
English Meaning
On Larkā burning, the mighty main with the reflection (of the conflagration) looked like an ocean of red waters.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)